crispy

UK/ˈkɹɪs.pi/US/ˈkɹɪs.pi/

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Crispy means pleasantly hard and crackling when bitten. Crispy bacon, a crispy edge, keep it crispy.

Crispness is a sound as much as a texture — experiments show food is judged less crisp when the crunch is quietened. Dryness is what produces it, which is why steam is the enemy of crispy food. Crisp and crispy mean much the same, and crispy is warmer.

Definitions of crispy

1adjectivecrispyPleasantly hard and crackling when bitten.A2+
“I love the crispy skin on roast chicken.”

crispy is a quality of texture.

Also accepted in games: crisp

Where it comes from

Crisp plus -y. Crisp comes from Latin crispus, curled, and the sense moved from curly to brittle.

Middle English
crispy — crisped, curly
English, today
crispy

From Middle English crispy (“crisped, curly”), equivalent to crisp + y.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Everyday Adjectives

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crispy in the wild

Crispy Crunch is a hard chocolate bar with a crispy peanut butter flake inside that is made by Cadbury in Canada.
Crispy Crunch
Apple chips may have a dense and crispy texture or may be puffed, yet still crispy.
Apple chip
Microwave vacuum-drying may be used to prepare apple chips with a puffy and crispy texture.
Apple chip
In Indonesia, almond crispy cheese is a type of crispy flat almond cookie with almond and cheese on top.
Almond biscuit
Crispy kangkong, also called kangkong chips, is a crispy deep-fried Filipino appetizer made with water spinach (kangkong) leaves coated with an egg and flour batter.
Crispy kangkóng

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