Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ripost

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ri-post
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A thrust given in return after parrying a lunge.

noun

A quick and usually witty response to a taunt.

noun

An answer or reply, rapidly uttered, in response to a question or problem.

Example Sentences

"The French government was always apprehensive to the German Government’s ripost to an air offensive."
"Written as a ripost to Samuel Constant’s short story Le Mari sentimental, in which the husband is driven to despair and ultimately suicide by his carping wife, Mistress Henly begins with an account of the wife’s reading of the Constant story and how as a reader she links the text of imagination to the realities of her own life."

Etymology

From French riposte, taken from Italian risposta, a derivative of the verb rispondere (“to respond”).

Inflected Forms

riposts (plural) riposte (alternative)

Questions

What does ripost mean?: A thrust given in return after parrying a lunge.
Where does ripost come from?: From French riposte, taken from Italian risposta, a derivative of the verb rispondere (“to respond”).

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