crispation
noun1
Archaic The act or process of curling, or the state of being curled.
2
Archaic A slight twitch of a muscle.
- crispation of the muscles
- crispation of the stomach
2 more examples
- Few men can look down from a great height without creepings and crispations.1887, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Our Hundred Days in Europe:
- 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.).1922, James Joyce, Ulysses: