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rapier
/ˈɹeɪpiɚ/
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What does rapier mean?
noun
- 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
adjective
- Extremely sharp.
- Cutting; employing keen wit.
More meanings (2)
adjective
- comparative form of rapey: more rapey
proper noun
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɹeɪpiɚ/
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If you grow foul with me, Pistol, I will scour you with my rapier, as I may, in fair terms.
He went as near as his century permitted to walking the world literally like Don Juan, with rapier and guitar.
More book examples (3)
In short, its utensil is that of the Leucospis, with this difference, that its lower half sticks out like a rapier.
Down one of the slopes the growing half light revealed two oryx feeding, magnificent big creatures, with straight rapier horns three feet in length.
Izaak's suppressed humour makes it plain that Wotton had acted the scene for him, from the moment of leaving the long rapier at the door.