How to pronounce crisp

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What crisp means

adjective

Most people know crisp in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.

Cool, dry and fresh, like a fall morning

In a sentence: We zipped up our jackets and stepped out into the crisp autumn air.

Where it comes from: It comes from Latin crispus, meaning curly. The weather sense came from frost and snow, which were called crisp because they crunch underfoot.

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