risp
1 of 2verb
ˈrisp
Scottish
: rasp, scratch
risp
2 of 2noun
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plural -s
dialectal, chiefly England
: a stem or stalk of a plant
Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English rispen, from Old Norse rispa to scratch; akin to German rispeln to scrape together, Low German rispe hackle, and perhaps to Norwegian ripa to scratch
Noun
origin unknown
- pterisses
- pternohylae
- pternohylas
- ptero-
- pterobranch
- Pterobranchia
- pterocarpi
- pterocarpous
- Pterocarpus
- pterocarpuses
- pterocarpusses
- Pterocarya
- pterocaryae
- pterocaryas
- Pterocaulon
- Pterocera
- pteroceras
- Pterocladia
- pterocleses
- pteroclesses
- Pterocletes
- Pteroclididae
- pteroclididaes
- pterocnemiae
- pterocnemias