Meaning

2 senses

  1. (not comparable)Extremely sharp.

  2. (not comparable)Cutting; employing keen wit.

    John is very quick on his feet during interviews by using his rapier responses.

Examples

4 sentences

  1. The girl took the rapier and hid it.

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  2. Suddenly a soldier appeared, who held a rapier in his hand.

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  3. He swore that if he ever found the rapier, he would kill the person right away on whom he found it.

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  4. I can hold my own, both with single rapier, backsword, sword and dagger, broadsword, or case of falchions.

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Origin

Borrowed from Middle French rapiere, from Middle French (espee) rapiere, from Old French r

Borrowed 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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See also

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