crispation

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English

Noun

crispation (plural crispations)

(archaic) The act or process of curling, or the state of being curled.
(archaic) A slight twitch of a muscle.
crispation of the muscles

crispation of the stomach
- 1887, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Our Hundred Days in Europe:
  Few men can look down from a great height without creepings and crispations.
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses:
  THE NYMPH: (Loftily.) We immortals, as you saw today, have not such a place and no hair there either. We are stonecold and pure. We eat electric light. (She arches her body in lascivious crispation, placing her forefinger in her mouth.).

References

“crispation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

antipsoric, apicortins, ascription

French

Etymology

From crisper +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʁis.pa.sjɔ̃/
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Noun

crispation f (plural crispations)

Further reading

“crispation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

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