riquiqui

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French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Onomatopoeic reduplication, compare ric-rac (“just about”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁi.ki.ki/
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Adjective

riquiqui (invariable)

  1. (informal, also figurative) tiny, narrow, cramped
    Synonyms: mesquin, étriqué, minuscule
    • 1886, Germain Nouveau, “Athée”, in Valentines et autres vers, published 1922:
      Je suis comme le vieux Blanqui / Je dis aussi, « ni Dieu ni maître » / Ni maitresse… c’est riquiqui.
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    • 2019 May 3, Alexandre Duyck, “L’Oslo alternatif”, in Le Monde‎:
      Grand choix de variétés sur place et à emporter, musique jazzy douce et nombre de tables toutes riquiqui (ce qui en fait aussi le charme).
      A wide choice of varieties to have in or take away, soft jazz music and a number of tiny little tables (which give the place its charm).
    • 2019 July 12, Laurent Telo, “Pour la rentrée littéraire, un livre mystère affole les éditeurs parisiens”, in Le Monde‎:
      Un vent de panique né d’un article riquiqui dans Paris Match : un livre sous X sera(it) imprimé à 250 000 exemplaires et publié en septembre, pour la rentrée littéraire.
      A wave of panic caused by a tiny article in Paris Match: a book known as X will (allegedly) be published in September, in time for the literary season, with a print run of 250,000 copies.

Noun

riquiqui m (uncountable)

  1. (dated) cheap, inferior brandy
    • 1894, Jean Richepin, “Un coup d’riquiqui”, in La Mer:
      L’hôtesse, un coup d’ riquiqui ! / Ça rend les marins poilus / D’boire à la santé d’ceux qui / N’boit plus.
      Landlady, a glass of brandy! / It puts hair on sailors' chests / To drink to the health of those who / Can't drink any more.

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