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Kris

name, noun, verb

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A diminutive of the female given names Kristina, Kristin, Kristine and related given names (Christina, etc).
  2. 2
    A diminutive of the male given names Christopher, Christian, and related given names.

    "Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who was tapped to help Vice President Mike Pence lead the panel, defended the commission in an interview on CNN’s “New Day” Monday."

Noun
  1. 1
    A traditional Indonesian, Malaysian, or Filipino sword or dagger having a tapering, usually serpentine blade.

    "Anne Talbot looked demurely ravishing, as was her intention, in a very low-cut evening frock of bottle-green, choker of Kelantan silver, earrings in the shape of krises."

  2. 2
    plural of KRI form-of, plural
  3. 3
    a Malayan dagger with a wavy blade wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To stab or cut with a kris; to kill with a kris. transitive

    "This was reported to the Rajah (to some of whose wives the girl was related), and he immediately sent to the Englishman's house ordering him to give the woman up as she must be "krissed." In vain he begged and prayed, and offered to pay any fine the Rajah might impose, and finally refused to give her up unless he was forced to do so."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay keris. Doublet of kalis. Recognized as part of English ca. 1580.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay keris. Doublet of kalis. Recognized as part of English ca. 1580.

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