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crompid cake — crompid (cake) see crumpet … Useful english dictionary
crumpet — [17] An isolated late 14th century instance of the phrase crompid cake suggests that etymologically a crumpet may be literally a ‘curled up’ cake, crompid perhaps being related to Old English crumb ‘crooked’. This was one of a wide range of… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
crumpet — 1690s, perhaps from crompid cake wafer, lit. curled up cake (1382; Wyclif s rendering of Heb. raqiq in Ex. 29:23), from crompid, pp. of crumpen curl up. Alternative etymology is from Celtic (Cf. Breton krampoez thin, flat cake ). Slang meaning… … Etymology dictionary
crumpet — [17] An isolated late 14th century instance of the phrase crompid cake suggests that etymologically a crumpet may be literally a ‘curled up’ cake, crompid perhaps being related to Old English crumb ‘crooked’. This was one of a wide range of… … Word origins
crumpet — noun Etymology: perhaps from Middle English crompid (cake) wafer, literally, curled up cake, from crumped, past participle of crumpen to curl up, from crump, crumb crooked, from Old English crumb; akin to Old High German krump crooked Date: 1638… … New Collegiate Dictionary
crumpet — /krum pit/, n. Chiefly Brit. 1. a round soft unsweetened bread resembling a muffin, cooked on a griddle or the like, and often toasted. 2. Brit. Slang. a sexually attractive woman. [1350 1400; short for crumpetcake curled cake, equiv. to ME… … Universalium
crumpet — crum•pet [[t]ˈkrʌm pɪt[/t]] n. brit. coo a small, round, soft bread resembling an English muffin, cooked on a griddle and usu. served toasted • Etymology: 1350–1400; short for crumpetcake curled cake = ME crompid, ptp. of crumpen, var. of crampen … From formal English to slang
crumpet — /ˈkrʌmpət / (say krumpuht) noun 1. a kind of soft, moist, flat yeast cake, with a smooth brown base and many small holes on the upper surface, usually served toasted and buttered. 2. Colloquial women regarded as sex objects. 3. Colloquial the… …
crumpet — [krum′pit] n. [prob. < ME crompid (cake) < OE crompeht, flat cake, lit., full of crumples, wrinkled < crump, twisted: for IE base see CRUMB] a small, unsweetened batter cake baked on a griddle: it is usually toasted before serving … English World dictionary
crum|pet — «KRUHM piht», noun. Especially British. a round, flat cake, thicker than a pancake, baked on a griddle. It is usually toasted and eaten while hot. ╂[perhaps Old English crompeht a cake; perhaps Middle English crompid curled, past participle of… … Useful english dictionary
