crup
Word-form referencescroup
Pronunciations
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/kɹʌp/
Adjective
Short; brittle (both literally and figuratively).
- Examples
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You'll have a nice walk, as the snow is very crup.
Why now so angry, trow ye? What's the matter, That our Sir James is grown so crup and tatter?
More examples (2)
[…] and care must be had to rost him so leasurely, that he neither burn, nor continue raw: for when the skin seems crup, it is a sign all is rosted, and the Polenta is taken away.
He was tedious crup with me.
Word forms
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