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Definition: Crispness |
CrispnessNoun1. A pleasing firmness and freshness: "crispness of new dollar bills"; "crispness of fresh lettuce". 2. A style of expression that is direct and to the point; "the crispness of his reply". 3. Firm but easily broken. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "crispness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references) |
Synonyms: CrispnessSynonyms: brittleness (n), crispiness (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Crispness |
| Specialty definitions using "crispness": POTATO-CHIP-PROCESSING SUPERVISOR. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "crispness": Crease. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Sulfites can occur naturally in foods or are added to enhance crispness or prevent mold growth. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Crispness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Crispness" is used about 29 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 29 | 64,444 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "crispness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | هشاشة (delicacy, frailty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | яснота (clarity, clearness, definition, distinctness, fairness, limpidity, lucidity, neatness, perspicuity, vividness), свежест (bloom, dew, fairness, flush, fresh, freshness, newness, verdure), решителност (chopping, decision, determination, finality, firmness, flatness, pluck, resolution, resolve), хрупкавост, твърдост (constancy, endurance, firmness, fixedness, forcefulness, fortitude, granite, hardness, resolution, resolve, rigidity, sand, stability, stoicism, substance, tenacity), къдравост, крехкост (delicacy, flimsiness, fragility, frailness, tenderness), отривитост. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 酥脆 (CRISP, Crispy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | křehkost (delicacy, flimsiness, fragility, frailty). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | croustille, chiffonnement. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | knusprigkeit (crunchiness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σγουράδα, φρεσκάδα (freshness, newness), ζωηρότησ (briskness, buoyancy, friskiness, gayness, jauntiness, liveliness, luridness, pep, peppiness, perkiness, raciness, rompishness, snappiness, spiciness, spiritedness, sprightliness, spryness, verve, vibrancy, vivaciousness, vivacity, vividness), ζωηρότητα (activeness, animation, briskness, buoyancy, friskiness, gayness, jauntiness, liveliness, luridness, raciness, rompishness, snappiness, spiciness, spiritedness, sprightliness, spryness, verve, vibrancy, vivaciousness, vivacity, vivccity, vividness), εύθυπτο, θρυπτικότητα, δριμύτητα (acerbity, acridity, acridness, acrimony, asperity, bitterness, harshness, keenness, poignancy, rigor, rigour, severity, sharpness, tartness, verjuice). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | פריכות (brittleness, fragility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szabatosság (accuracy, perspicuity, preciseness, precision, punctuality), ropogósság. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | spongaght, oorid (freshness, newness, rawness, verdure), brishlid (brittleness, fatigue, fragility). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ispnesscray хрусткость, ломкость (fragility). (various references) svežina (buoyant, coolness, flush, freshness, greenness, lustiness), hrskavost (crustiness). (various references) lo crujiente, frescura (cheek, coolness, familiarity, freshness, nerve, perkiness, recency, ruddiness, sauciness). (various references) krusighet. (various references) canlılık (alacrity, animation, bounce, brightness, brio, buoyancy, color, colour, dynamics, elan, exhilaration, friskiness, ginger, life, liveliness, lustiness, perkiness, quickness, raciness, richness, saturation, spiritedness, sprightliness, stamina, stir, verve, vivacity, vividness), zindelik (green, heartiness, quickness, spiritedness), tazelik (bloom, dew, freshness, greenness, sweetness, verdancy, verdure, viridity, youth), körpelik, gevreklik (brittleness, fragility, friability, shortness). (various references) vẻ bảnh bao (stylishness, swagger), tính sinh động (spiritedness), tính mạnh mẽ (impetuosity, impetuousness, intenseness, manliness, spiritedness), tính hoạt bát sự quăn tít, sự xoăn tít sự mát mẻ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "crispness": crispnesses. (additional references) | |
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"Crispness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: crapness, Crippens, crispins. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "crispness" (pronounced kri"spnus) |
| 4 | -p n u s | cheapness, dampness, sharpness, steepness. |
| 3 | -n u s | abruptness, absoluteness, acuteness, aggressiveness, agribusiness, airworthiness, alertness, aloofness, alumnus, Anas, androgynous, anise, appropriateness, arbitrariness, assertiveness, astuteness, asynchronous, attentiveness, attractiveness, awareness, awfulness, awkwardness, backwardness, badness, bagginess, baldness, bearishness, bigness, bitterness, bituminous, blackness, blandness, bleakness, blindness, bluntness, boldness, bonus, boorishness, brashness, brightness, bullishness, business, callousness, calmness, carelessness, casualness, cautiousness, cavernous, chitinous, cleanliness, cleanness, cleverness, closeness, cloudiness, clumsiness, cockiness, cohesiveness, coldness, Colonus, combativeness, compactness, competitiveness, completeness, consciousness, contagiousness, contentiousness, contrariness, Conus, coolness, correctness, coziness, craziness, creativeness, creditworthiness, creepiness, crookedness, cuteness, darkness, Deaconess, deadliness, deafness, decisiveness, defensiveness, destructiveness, directness, disingenuousness, distinctiveness, divisiveness, dizziness, dreariness, drowsiness, drunkenness, dryness, dullness, eagerness, earnestness, edginess, effectiveness, elusiveness, emptiness, evenness, exogenous, eyewitness, faintness, fairness, farsightedness, fastness, fickleness, firmness, fitness, flatness, fondness, foolishness, forcefulness, forgiveness, forthrightness, foulness, fractiousness, frankness, freshness, friendliness, frothiness, fullness, funniness, furnace, gauntness, gayness, gelatinous, gentleness, genuineness, genus, ghastliness, gluttonous, goodness, governess, graciousness, greatness, greenness, grimness, hairiness, handedness, happiness, hardness, harmfulness, harness, harshness, heinous, helplessness, highness, hoarseness, holiness, homelessness, homesickness, homogenous, hopefulness, hopelessness, humanness, idleness, illness, inclusiveness, indebtedness, indecisiveness, indigenous, ineffectiveness, ineptness, inertness, intravenous, intrusiveness, inventiveness, joblessness, Johannes, kindness, larcenous, largeness, lateness, lawlessness, laziness, lenis, lightfastness, lightness, likeness, liveliness, loneliness, lousiness, luminous, madness, Manus, meanness, membranous, menace, Minas, mindedness, minus, monotonous, mountainous, mutinous, narrowness, nastiness, nearsightedness, neatness, nervousness, newness, niceness, niggardliness, nitrogenous, nonbusiness, nonpoisonous, nosiness, nothingness, numbness, ominous, oneness, onus, openness, orderliness, otherness, outrageousness, outspokenness, pandanus, peacefulness, penis, permissiveness, persuasiveness, pervasiveness, pettiness, playfulness, poisonous, politeness, polygynous, pompousness, possessiveness, powerlessness, preparedness, queasiness, quickness, quietness, raciness, randomness, rareness, ravenous, rawness, readiness, reasonableness, rebelliousness, recklessness, redness, remoteness, resistiveness, resourcefulness, responsiveness, restiveness, restlessness, restrictiveness, richness, righteousness, rightness, riskiness, robustness, roominess, roughness, rowdiness, rudeness, ruinous, ruthlessness, sacredness, sadness, Salinas, sameness, scantiness, secretiveness, selfishness, selflessness, sensitiveness, separateness, seriousness, shakiness, shallowness, shortness, shortsightedness, shrewdness, shyness, sickness, silliness, sinus, skittishness, slackness, sleepiness, sloppiness, slovenliness, slowness, sluggishness, slyness, smallness, smoothness, smugness, softness, solitariness, soundness, spiritedness, squeamishness, starkness, steadfastness, steadiness, sternness, stiffness, stillness, stinginess, stoutness, strangeness, stubbornness, sturdiness, suddenness, suggestiveness, sweetness, swiftness, tardiness, tartness, tastiness, tenderness, tetanus, thickness, thinness, thoroughness, thoughtfulness, tightness, timeliness, tiredness, togetherness, toughness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, ugliness, unconsciousness, uneasiness, unfairness, unhappiness, uniqueness, unpleasantness, unwieldiness, unwillingness, usefulness, vagueness, vastness, venous, viciousness, villainous, vindictiveness, vividness, voluminous, wariness, wastefulness, waterishness, weakness, weariness, weightlessness, weirdness, wellness, wetness, whiteness, wholeness, wholesomeness, wickedness, wilderness, wildness, willingness, wimpiness, wistfulness, witness, wonderfulness, worldliness, worthiness, wryness. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-i-n-p-r-s-s-s" | |
-1 letter: crispens, princess. | |
-2 letters: crispen, pincers, pissers, princes, prisses, snipers, spicers. | |
-3 letters: cripes, crises, crisps, pincer, pisser, pisses, precis, prices, prince, prises, repins, resins, rinses, ripens, scries, scrips, sepsis, serins, sirens, sniper, snipes, speirs, speiss, spicer, spices, spiers, spines, spires. | |
-4 letters: cines, cires, cress, cries, cripe, crisp, epics, nicer, peins, penis, peris, piers, pines, pirns. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-i-n-p-r-s-s-s" | |
+1 letter: crispiness, princesses. | |
+2 letters: censorships, crispnesses, percussions, precessions, preciseness, processions, scrappiness, supersonics. | |
+3 letters: compressions, creepinesses, crispinesses, persistences, preciousness, sniperscopes. | |
+4 letters: consumerships, coprocessings, graphicnesses, impreciseness, percussionist, persistencies, postrecession, preachinesses, precisenesses, precisionists, pricklinesses, processionals, rapaciousness, repercussions, scrappinesses. | |
+5 letters: capriciousness, counselorships, decompressions, inspectorships, percussionists, percussiveness, perniciousness, precariousness, preciousnesses, precociousness, preconsciouses, princelinesses, prolificnesses, psychoneurosis, respectiveness, transcriptases. | |
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