encrisped
encrisped adjective: curled or encrusted.
Adjective
encrisped (not comparable)
- curled or encrusted
- Of laurell levis a cronell on his hede,
With heris encrisped yalowe as the golde,
Lamentyng Daphnes, […]1523, John Skelton, A ryght delectable tratyse upon a goodly Garlande or Chapelet of Laurell; republished in John Scattergood, editor, John Skelton: The Complete English Poems, 1983, →OCLC, page 320... - Where the lank boar is seen to yawn / His hungered fangs encrisped with gore.1857, T Irwin, Goethe’s Death
- Of laurell levis a cronell on his hede,
Origin of encrisped
From en- + crisp + -ed.
Questions about encrisped
- What does encrisped mean?
- Encrisped means curled or encrusted.
- What part of speech is encrisped?
- Encrisped is an adjective.
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