Crispation
/ˌkrɪsˈpeɪ.ʃən/noun
The act or process of becoming or making something wrinkled, curled, or contracted.
Did you know?Crispation comes from a Latin root meaning “curled” or “wrinkled,” and in older medical writing it described the visible tightening of flesh and muscles, almost like the body was being “written” by stress.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sker-
“to bend, turn, or curve”
Latin
Latin
crispus
“curled, wrinkled, or crisp”
Late Latin
Latin
crispāre
“to curl, wrinkle, or make crisp”
Old French
Old French
crispation
“a curling or wrinkling; a contraction”
16th–17th Century
English
crispation
“a wrinkling, twitching, or contraction of the body or flesh”
Modern English
English
crispation
“the state or process of becoming wrinkled or contracted”