Значення
значень: 2(без ступенів порівняння)Extremely sharp.
(без ступенів порівняння)Cutting; employing keen wit.
John is very quick on his feet during interviews by using his rapier responses.
Приклади
речень: 4The girl took the rapier and hid it.
Suddenly a soldier appeared, who held a rapier in his hand.
He swore that if he ever found the rapier, he would kill the person right away on whom he found it.
I can hold my own, both with single rapier, backsword, sword and dagger, broadsword, or case of falchions.
Походження
Borrowed from Middle French rapiere, from Middle French (espee) rapiere, from Old French rBorrowed from Middle French rapiere, from Middle French (espee) rapiere, from Old French rapiere, raspiere, from Spanish raspadera (“poker; raker; scraper”), from Spanish raspar (“to scrape”), of Germanic origin. More at rasp.
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