Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A line of reflection of the endyma of the brain upon any tela or plexus.
Examples
“The bad news is that river and rival aren't actually related, since the Latin word ripa 'river bank,' the root of river, is of unknown etymology; the good news is that rival has a very interesting etymology which is the real focus here: it's from Latin rivalis 'one using the same stream as another, a rival,' from rivus 'stream.”
“A riparian forest buffer - "ripa" is Latin for "bank" or "shore" - can capture and act upon water from any source.”
“Dont “blaine” me if you “ripa” blood vessel on your face!”
“October 14th, 2008 10:58 pm ET i love mrs. ripa! she always does a great job making anderson uncomfortable. lol”
“I only saw it in the word ripjägare, so I didn't know it was ripa on its own.”
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“Habet etiam prædictum flumen magnam syluam in ripa Occidentali.”
“Tartari de Rutenis mixtim, qui transponunt nuncios euntes, et redeuntes ad curiam Baatu: quia Baatu est in vlteriori ripa versus”
“Rutenis in ripa orientali, qui transferant nuncios et mercatores cum nauiculis.”
“De Oceano mari non potuerunt intelligere, quod esset sine termnino vel sine ripa.”
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discoveries
These are lexical items new to me that I've discovered in actual use (i.e. not in dictionaries, lists, or this site).
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Tweets
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qroqqa and far from dark Messapian trappings choose
a sun-kind ripa of philosophy
—Peter Porter, 'Too Many Miracles', in Dragons in their Pleasant Palaces
Familiar in Latin, of course, "bank", but I haven't seen it used in English. It's hard to quote sufficient context from a poem while not treading on copyright toes. Mar 28, 2009