CRISPNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crispness mean? 

• CRISPNESS (noun)
  The noun CRISPNESS has 3 senses:

1. a pleasing firmness and freshness

2. an expressive style that is direct and to the point

3. firm but easily broken

  Familiarity information: CRISPNESS used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRISPNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A pleasing firmness and freshness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Context example:

crispness of fresh lettuce

Hypernyms ("crispness" is a kind of...):

freshness (the property of being pure and fresh (as if newly made); not stale or deteriorated)

Derivation:

crisp (pleasingly firm and fresh)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An expressive style that is direct and to the point

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

the crispness of his reply

Hypernyms ("crispness" is a kind of...):

terseness (a neatly short and concise expressive style)

Derivation:

crisp (brief and to the point; effectively cut short)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Firm but easily broken

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

brittleness; crispiness; crispness

Hypernyms ("crispness" is a kind of...):

breakableness (the consistency of something that breaks under pressure)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "crispness"):

flakiness (having or breaking into thin crisp flakes)

Derivation:

crisp (tender and brittle)

 Context examples 

His appearance was as ghastly as ever, but all trace of delirium had left him and he spoke in a feeble voice, it is true, but with even more than his usual crispness and lucidity.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)