riposten.

Brit.

/rᵻˈpɒst/, U.S.

/rəˈpoʊst/,

/riˈpoʊst/

Forms: 1700s risposte, 1800s– ripost, 1800s– riposte.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French riposte, risposte.

Etymology: < French riposte, †risposte reply (c1527 in Middle French as risposte ; 1643 denoting a sharp and quick reply), (in fencing) a quick thrust given after parrying a lunge (1640 as †risposte ) < Italian risposta response, reply (first half of the 13th cent.), (in music) answer to a fugue subject (16th cent.), (in fencing) a quick thrust given after parrying a lunge (1553; compare the earlier sense ‘counter-attack’ (a1405)), use as noun of feminine of past participle of rispondere respond v. Compare slightly earlier repost n.¹, and later risposta n. N.E.D. (1909) gives the pronunciation as (ripō^u·st) /rɪˈpəʊst/. With the form ripost compare slightly earlier repost n.¹

1. Fencing. A quick thrust given after parrying a lunge; a return thrust. Cf. counter-riposte n.

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [noun] > actions

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1707 W. Hope New Method Fencing iv. 85 For the Risposte, it is impossible for a Man to give it, until his Adversary..offers to launch in a Thrust.

1707 W. Hope New Method Fencing vi. 171 To defend himself well from his Adversary's Risposte Thrusts, or Blows.

1809 J. Roland Amateur of Fencing 142 By not fearing the riposte upon you, it will render your mode of attack more precise.

1889 W. H. Pollock et al. Fencing (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) iv. 82 To meet this riposte: parry second or septime while rising.

1910 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 7 Mar. 14/4 His fencing, especially his handling of the foils in riposte and in remise, was very clever.

1960 Times 7 Mar. 5/2 Cawthorne, still fencing with cool skill, won with a fine riposte.

2002 R. Cohen By Sword Epil. 483 I managed to choose the right line, successfully making my parry before landing a riposte.

2. In extended use: a retaliatory action, a counterstroke; a reply or response, esp. one which is sharp and quickly delivered.

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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > return blow or attack

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the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [noun] > a sharp answer, retort

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the short answer to (something) is1955

1854 R. Barry Lect. Hist. Art Agric. 15 His 16th Satire is (notwithstanding the doubts of Gibbon and others) a telling Riposte.

1877 J. Morley Crit. Misc. 2nd Ser. 107 The Feast of the Supreme Being..was designed as a triumphant ripost to the Feast of Reason.

1891 O. Wilde Picture of Dorian Gray xvii. 294 ‘You gallop with a loose rein.’ ‘Pace gives life,’ was the riposte.

1935 D. L. Sayers Gaudy Night iii. 50 She felt she owed Miss Schuser-Slatt a riposte for her unfortunate observations of the night before.

1966 A. MacLean When Eight Bells Toll ix. 181 I'd run right out of the last of my witty ripostes.

1989 R. J. Smith Unknown CIA iv. 68 It is a partial answer to the intelligence man's riposte ‘Tell me what you plan to do, and I will try to tell you what will happen.’

2005 I. Sansom Mobile Libr.: Case Missing Bks. i. 5 There is a terrible poignancy about a building intended for the public that is closed to the public: it feels like an insult, a riposte to all our more generous instincts.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

ripostev.

Brit.

/rᵻˈpɒst/, U.S.

/rəˈpoʊst/,

/riˈpoʊst/

Forms: 1700s risposte, 1700s– riposte, 1800s– ripost.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: French riposter ; riposte n.

Etymology: Either < French riposter, †risposter (1645 in fencing use, 1649 in riposter à quelqu'un sa révérence ‘to pay (a person) back tit for tat’, 1650 in sense ‘to respond or reply promptly and brusquely’; < riposte , †risposte riposte n.), or directly < riposte n. Compare slightly earlier repost v.² N.E.D. (1909) gives the pronunciation as (ripō^u·st) /rɪˈpəʊst/. With the form ripost compare slightly earlier repost v.²

1. intransitive. Fencing. To make a riposte (riposte n. 1) or return thrust at one's opponent. Also †transitive with personal object (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > fence [verb (transitive)] > actions

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > fence [verb (intransitive)] > actions

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1707 W. Hope New Method Fencing iv. 96 Nothing can be more dangerous, because of the Opportunity it gives a Man's Adversary to Risposte him.

1786 J. Burgoyne Heiress v. iii. 99 Hats over the brows—glum silence—thrust—parry—and riposte—Explain, and shake hands.

1823 G. Roland Treat. Art Fencing vi. 115 B. Parries Tierce smartly, and ripostes straight over the arm.

1885 New Bk. Sports 121 Smartly raising the knee..and riposting with a quick downward movement.

1909 Cent. Mag. July 342 The captain parried in tierce, and, riposting, to speak technically, thrust quickly.

1970 J. Finney Time & Again (1974) iii. 35 As we watched they parried and riposted, heaved and shoved, grunting as the rifles clashed.

1994 M. R. Garret et al. Foil, Saber, & Epée Fencing (rev. ed.) ii. 63 The redoublement is a renewed attack against a fencer who uses passive defense by retreating or who does not riposte.

2. In extended use.

a. transitive. With direct speech (or that-clause) as object: to utter or say as a riposte (riposte n. 2). Also: †to respond to (a person) with a retaliatory action or retort (obsolete).

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the mind > attention and judgement > answer > answer [verb (transitive)] > sharply

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to shoot back1974

the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > treat one as he has been treated [verb (transitive)] > retort or retaliate upon (one)

to come back1523

riposte1823

1823 F. MacDonogh Hermit Abroad IV. 225 ‘Nonsense!’ riposted brunette number two.

1871 G. Meredith Harry Richmond III. vi. 85 Riposte me—have you too many? Say yes, and you pass my guard.

1898 J. M. Cobban Angel of Covenant xiii. 147 ‘Had I not taken pains with the foolish old man,’ riposted Maudlin, blushing high, ‘we should yet be sitting at mumchance.’

1922 Baroness Orczy Triumph of Scarlet Pimpernel x. 110 ‘The citoyenne Cabarrus underrates her powers,’ St. Just riposted glibly.

1957 S. J. Perelman Road to Miltown 193 Chico approached Groucho with hand extended. ‘I'd like-a to say goombye to your wife.’.. ‘Who wouldn't?’ riposted his brother. This boffo ushered in the second scene.

1989 M. Forster Have Men had Enough? (1990) 101 I riposted that I, her ever-loving niece, am hardly ‘people’.

2008 Independent 8 Nov. (Traveller section) 3/1 Graham Stringer, MP for Manchester Blackley riposted: ‘I do not think I have ever before heard a witness say they have been too busy to prepare their answers.’

b. intransitive. To make a riposte (riposte n. 2), esp. a quick, clever reply to an insult or criticism; to reply or retaliate.

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the mind > attention and judgement > answer > answer [verb (transitive)] > send answer in return > in rebuttal

agiveOE

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1851 C. Kingsley Lett. (1877) I. 267 If you do not think our mutual ‘honour’ satisfied.., you will riposte at the first opportunity.

1893 A. Lang St. Andrews v. 128 The Cardinal riposted by an interdict.

1947 N. Coward Diary 7 Feb. (2000) 81 Later..I tackled Jack and told him what I thought. He riposted with wisecracks about Sigh No More and Pacific 1860.

1981 R. Hayman Kafka (1983) xiii. 179 When he complained that the wedding was still three months away, she riposted tartly.

Derivatives

† riposted adj. Obsolete

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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [adjective] > actions

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1707 W. Hope New Method Fencing iv. 96 To come off safe, from an Exchanged and Risposted Thrust.

1707 W. Hope New Method Fencing vi. 173 Give him a Risposted Blow.

riˈposting adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [adjective] > actions

washing1567

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riposting1889

1889 W. H. Pollock et al. Fencing (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) iv. 83 The riposting fencer must..deliver his thrust with the hand inclined towards pronation.

1927 W. R. Benét in Sat. Rev. 11 June 892/1 How to suck the pure, distillate, stored Essence of essence from the hidden star And make it pierce like a riposting sword.

2002 R. Cohen By Sword i. iv. 74 A ‘delayed riposte’ (where a fencer, having parried an attack, deliberately refrains from riposting at once, so as to upset his adversary's timing) was known as ‘temps perdu’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	riposte
释义	riposten. Brit. /rᵻˈpɒst/, U.S. /rəˈpoʊst/, /riˈpoʊst/ Forms: 1700s risposte, 1800s– ripost, 1800s– riposte. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French riposte, risposte. Etymology: < French riposte, †risposte reply (c1527 in Middle French as risposte ; 1643 denoting a sharp and quick reply), (in fencing) a quick thrust given after parrying a lunge (1640 as †risposte ) < Italian risposta response, reply (first half of the 13th cent.), (in music) answer to a fugue subject (16th cent.), (in fencing) a quick thrust given after parrying a lunge (1553; compare the earlier sense ‘counter-attack’ (a1405)), use as noun of feminine of past participle of rispondere respond v. Compare slightly earlier repost n.¹, and later risposta n. N.E.D. (1909) gives the pronunciation as (ripō^u·st) /rɪˈpəʊst/. With the form ripost compare slightly earlier repost n.¹ 1. Fencing. A quick thrust given after parrying a lunge; a return thrust. Cf. counter-riposte n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [noun] > actions buttc1330 overheadc1400 stopc1450 quarter-strokea1456 rabbeta1500 rakea1500 traverse1547 flourish1552 quarter-blow1555 veny1578 alarm1579 venue1591 cut1593 time1594 caricado1595 fincture1595 imbroccata1595 mandritta1595 punta riversa1595 remove1595 stramazon1595 traversa1595 imbrocado1597 passado1597 counter-time1598 foinery1598 canvasado1601 montant1601 punto1601 stock1602 embrocadoc1604 pass1604 stuck1604 stramazo1606 home thrust1622 longee1625 falsify?1635 false1637 traversion1637 canvassa1641 parade1652 flanconade1664 parry1673 fore-stroke1674 allonge1675 contretemps1684 counter1684 disengaging1684 feint1684 passing1687 under-counter1687 stringere1688 stringering1688 tempo1688 volte1688 overlapping1692 repost1692 volt-coupe1692 volting1692 disarm?1700 stamp1705 passade1706 riposte1707 swoop1711 retreat1734 lunge1748 beat1753 disengage1771 disengagement1771 opposition1771 time thrust1771 timing1771 whip1771 shifting1793 one-two1809 one-two-three1809 salute1809 estramazone1820 remise1823 engage1833 engaging1833 risposta1838 lunging1847 moulinet1861 reprise1861 stop-thrust1861 engagement1881 coupé1889 scrape1889 time attack1889 traverse1892 cut-over1897 tac-au-tac riposte1907 flèche1928 replacement1933 punta dritta1961 1707 W. Hope New Method Fencing iv. 85 For the Risposte, it is impossible for a Man to give it, until his Adversary..offers to launch in a Thrust. 1707 W. Hope New Method Fencing vi. 171 To defend himself well from his Adversary's Risposte Thrusts, or Blows. 1809 J. Roland Amateur of Fencing 142 By not fearing the riposte upon you, it will render your mode of attack more precise. 1889 W. H. Pollock et al. Fencing (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) iv. 82 To meet this riposte: parry second or septime while rising. 1910 Post-Standard (Syracuse, N.Y.) 7 Mar. 14/4 His fencing, especially his handling of the foils in riposte and in remise, was very clever. 1960 Times 7 Mar. 5/2 Cawthorne, still fencing with cool skill, won with a fine riposte. 2002 R. Cohen By Sword Epil. 483 I managed to choose the right line, successfully making my parry before landing a riposte. 2. In extended use: a retaliatory action, a counterstroke; a reply or response, esp. one which is sharp and quickly delivered. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > [noun] > return blow or attack countertailc1430 counterbuff?1578 countercuff1589 revie1589 cross-blow1590 counterblow1706 riposte1854 counterstroke1876 the mind > attention and judgement > answer > [noun] > a sharp answer, retort regestion1565 snaphance1598 regest1609 retortion1609 retort1610 retractation1637 riposte1877 comeback1908 answer-back1921 the short answer to (something) is1955 1854 R. Barry Lect. Hist. Art Agric. 15 His 16th Satire is (notwithstanding the doubts of Gibbon and others) a telling Riposte. 1877 J. Morley Crit. Misc. 2nd Ser. 107 The Feast of the Supreme Being..was designed as a triumphant ripost to the Feast of Reason. 1891 O. Wilde Picture of Dorian Gray xvii. 294 ‘You gallop with a loose rein.’ ‘Pace gives life,’ was the riposte. 1935 D. L. Sayers Gaudy Night iii. 50 She felt she owed Miss Schuser-Slatt a riposte for her unfortunate observations of the night before. 1966 A. MacLean When Eight Bells Toll ix. 181 I'd run right out of the last of my witty ripostes. 1989 R. J. Smith Unknown CIA iv. 68 It is a partial answer to the intelligence man's riposte ‘Tell me what you plan to do, and I will try to tell you what will happen.’ 2005 I. Sansom Mobile Libr.: Case Missing Bks. i. 5 There is a terrible poignancy about a building intended for the public that is closed to the public: it feels like an insult, a riposte to all our more generous instincts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). ripostev. Brit. /rᵻˈpɒst/, U.S. /rəˈpoʊst/, /riˈpoʊst/ Forms: 1700s risposte, 1700s– riposte, 1800s– ripost. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) formed within English, by conversion. Etymons: French riposter ; riposte n. Etymology: Either < French riposter, †risposter (1645 in fencing use, 1649 in riposter à quelqu'un sa révérence ‘to pay (a person) back tit for tat’, 1650 in sense ‘to respond or reply promptly and brusquely’; < riposte , †risposte riposte n.), or directly < riposte n. Compare slightly earlier repost v.² N.E.D. (1909) gives the pronunciation as (ripō^u·st) /rɪˈpəʊst/. With the form ripost compare slightly earlier repost v.² 1. intransitive. Fencing. To make a riposte (riposte n. 1) or return thrust at one's opponent. Also †transitive with personal object (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > fence [verb (transitive)] > actions to traverse one's ground1577 lock1579 falsify1595 pass1595 button1615 touch1622 stringere1688 repost1691 quart1692 riposte1707 time1765 whip1861 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > fence [verb (intransitive)] > actions traversea1470 to hold one's handa1500 flourish1552 lock1579 to come in1594 retire1594 pass1595 recover1600 redouble1640 allonge1652 caveat1652 parry1671 disengage1684 overlap1692 volt1692 tierce1765 whip1771 wrench1771 lunge1809 salute1809 riposte1823 cut1833 quart1833 repost1848 remise1889 1707 W. Hope New Method Fencing iv. 96 Nothing can be more dangerous, because of the Opportunity it gives a Man's Adversary to Risposte him. 1786 J. Burgoyne Heiress v. iii. 99 Hats over the brows—glum silence—thrust—parry—and riposte—Explain, and shake hands. 1823 G. Roland Treat. Art Fencing vi. 115 B. Parries Tierce smartly, and ripostes straight over the arm. 1885 New Bk. Sports 121 Smartly raising the knee..and riposting with a quick downward movement. 1909 Cent. Mag. July 342 The captain parried in tierce, and, riposting, to speak technically, thrust quickly. 1970 J. Finney Time & Again (1974) iii. 35 As we watched they parried and riposted, heaved and shoved, grunting as the rifles clashed. 1994 M. R. Garret et al. Foil, Saber, & Epée Fencing (rev. ed.) ii. 63 The redoublement is a renewed attack against a fencer who uses passive defense by retreating or who does not riposte. 2. In extended use. a. transitive. With direct speech (or that-clause) as object: to utter or say as a riposte (riposte n. 2). Also: †to respond to (a person) with a retaliatory action or retort (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > answer > answer [verb (transitive)] > sharply returna1500 reply1526 snap1550 pat1575 retort1597 regyre1606 regest1614 retaliate1632 snap1647 repartee1677 riposte1823 to shoot back1974 the world > action or operation > behaviour > reciprocal treatment or return of an action > treat one as he has been treated [verb (transitive)] > retort or retaliate upon (one) to come back1523 riposte1823 1823 F. MacDonogh Hermit Abroad IV. 225 ‘Nonsense!’ riposted brunette number two. 1871 G. Meredith Harry Richmond III. vi. 85 Riposte me—have you too many? Say yes, and you pass my guard. 1898 J. M. Cobban Angel of Covenant xiii. 147 ‘Had I not taken pains with the foolish old man,’ riposted Maudlin, blushing high, ‘we should yet be sitting at mumchance.’ 1922 Baroness Orczy Triumph of Scarlet Pimpernel x. 110 ‘The citoyenne Cabarrus underrates her powers,’ St. Just riposted glibly. 1957 S. J. Perelman Road to Miltown 193 Chico approached Groucho with hand extended. ‘I'd like-a to say goombye to your wife.’.. ‘Who wouldn't?’ riposted his brother. This boffo ushered in the second scene. 1989 M. Forster Have Men had Enough? (1990) 101 I riposted that I, her ever-loving niece, am hardly ‘people’. 2008 Independent 8 Nov. (Traveller section) 3/1 Graham Stringer, MP for Manchester Blackley riposted: ‘I do not think I have ever before heard a witness say they have been too busy to prepare their answers.’ b. intransitive. To make a riposte (riposte n. 2), esp. a quick, clever reply to an insult or criticism; to reply or retaliate. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > answer > answer [verb (transitive)] > send answer in return > in rebuttal agiveOE retort?1567 rejoin1601 surreply1650 counter-puffa1658 riposte1851 surrebut1866 1851 C. Kingsley Lett. (1877) I. 267 If you do not think our mutual ‘honour’ satisfied.., you will riposte at the first opportunity. 1893 A. Lang St. Andrews v. 128 The Cardinal riposted by an interdict. 1947 N. Coward Diary 7 Feb. (2000) 81 Later..I tackled Jack and told him what I thought. He riposted with wisecracks about Sigh No More and Pacific 1860. 1981 R. Hayman Kafka (1983) xiii. 179 When he complained that the wedding was still three months away, she riposted tartly. Derivatives † riposted adj. Obsolete ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [adjective] > actions washing1567 swash1599 swashing1622 riposted1707 whipped1771 riposting1889 1707 W. Hope New Method Fencing iv. 96 To come off safe, from an Exchanged and Risposted Thrust. 1707 W. Hope New Method Fencing vi. 173 Give him a Risposted Blow. riˈposting adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > fencing > [adjective] > actions washing1567 swash1599 swashing1622 riposted1707 whipped1771 riposting1889 1889 W. H. Pollock et al. Fencing (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) iv. 83 The riposting fencer must..deliver his thrust with the hand inclined towards pronation. 1927 W. R. Benét in Sat. Rev. 11 June 892/1 How to suck the pure, distillate, stored Essence of essence from the hidden star And make it pierce like a riposting sword. 2002 R. Cohen By Sword i. iv. 74 A ‘delayed riposte’ (where a fencer, having parried an attack, deliberately refrains from riposting at once, so as to upset his adversary's timing) was known as ‘temps perdu’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1707v.1707
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