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語源 1

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.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈɹeɪpˌɪə(ɹ)/

名詞

rapier (plural rapiers)

1. A slender, straight, sharply pointed sword (double-edged, single-edged or edgeless), designed predominantly for thrusting; used during the Renaissance period of Europe for civilian duelling
   • c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:

     […] In his lawless fit,
     Behind the arras hearing something stir,
     Whips out his rapier, cries ‘A rat, a rat!’
     And in this brainish apprehension kills
     The unseen good old man.

   • 1911, G. K. Chesterton, “The Sins of Prince Saradine”, in The Innocence of Father Brown:

     The man beside him with the earrings and the big black case proceeded to unlock it. He took out of it two long Italian rapiers, with splendid steel hilts and blades, which he planted point downwards in the lawn.

派生語

• rapier-fish

形容詞

rapier (not comparable)

1. Extremely sharp.
2. Cutting; employing keen wit.

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

語源 2

形容詞

rapier

1. comparative form of rapey: more rapey

アナグラム

• pairer, repair