crisse

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English

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Noun

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crisse (plural crisses)

  1. Obsolete spelling of kris.
    • 1613, Samuel Purchas, “[Relations of the Discoveries, Regions, and Religions, of the New World.] Of the North parts of the New World (Groenland, Estotiland, Meta Incognita, and other Places) vnto New Fraunce.”, in Purchas His Pilgrimage. Or Relations of the World and the Religions Observed in All Ages and Places Discouered, from the Creation vnto this Present. [], London: [] William Stansby for Henrie Fetherstone, [], →OCLC, book VIII (Of New France, Virginia, Florida; New Spaine, with Other Regions of America Mexicana, and of Their Religions), page 624:
      and ſo paſſed thorow the ſtrait to 50. and 51. where he wintered, and once ſaw a man girded with a Criſſe, or Dagger of Mexico, or Iapon, whereby he gueſſed that hee was not farre thence.

French

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Corruption of Christ.

Interjection

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crisse

  1. (Quebec, vulgar) fuck!
    Crisse que ça m’énarve !
    Fuck, that pisses me off!
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Noun

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crisse m (plural crisses)

  1. (Quebec, informal, uncountable) anger
    Je suis en crisse
    I'm angry
  2. (Quebec, informal) good-for-nothing

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Usage notes

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Similar in use to the English expletive Christ, but generally considered a much stronger expletive.

Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Verb

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crisse

  1. first/third-person singular indicative present of crisser

Anagrams

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