rispid
adjEtymology An anglicisation of Spanish and Portuguese ríspido, from re- + híspido. The term sees use by Portuguese and Spanish speakers, as well as in translations of works originally in Portuguese or Spanish. Likely independently derived multiple times.
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Nonstandard Harsh, rude.
Non-native speakers' English
- The desperate Youth, livid, rispid, addressed the Maiden, clutching the rails of the garden fence.1968, “No Man, No Woman”, in Barbara Shelby, transl., The third bank of the river, and other stories, Alfred A. Knopf, translation of Primeiras Estórias by Guimarães Rosa, page 171:
- Or if every morning you had to contend with the rispid memory of decades of bristles.2000 March 31, Gustavo Pérez Firmat, “Eight”, in Anything But Love, Houston: Arte Público Press, page 37:
2 more examples
- The philosophy behind the theory is of course the object of lively, sometimes rispid, debate, and some considerations on that can be found in the book by Lawrence Sklar.2013 April 17, Prof. Dr. Robert Luzzi, Prof. Dr. Áurea Rosas Vasconcellos, Prof. Dr. José Galvão de Pisapia Ramos, “Concluding Remarks”, in Statistical Foundations of Irreversible Thermodynamics, Germany: B.G. Teubner, page 127:
- I dont know what happens to US Army, they’re all very rispid… anyway, had to leave fast and went north.2023 January 29, u/GustavoPeres923, “Helicopter California Tour”, in Microsoft Flight Simulator Forums (forum), archived from the original on 19 Dec 2024: