Adjective

(er)

(of something seen or heard) Sharp, clearly defined.

* This new television set has a very crisp image.

(dated) Curling in stiff curls or ringlets.

crisp hair

(obsolete) Curled by the ripple of water.

* Shakespeare

You nymphs called Naiads, of the winding brooks Leave your crisp channels.

Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture.

The crisp snow crunched underfoot.

* Goldsmith

The cakes at tea ate short and crisp .

Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness; in a fresh, unwilted condition.

* Leigh Hunt

It [laurel] has been plucked nine months, and yet looks as hale and crisp as if it would last ninety years.

Of weather, air etc.: dry and cold.

Quick and accurate.

* {{quote-news

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Brief and to the point. (Esp. in make it crisp .)

* It is better to understand the question clearly, pause for a little thinking and give a crisp answer.

* If we ask an expert about a certain query, this expert will often come up with a crisp answer (“yes” or “no”).

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(obsolete) Lively; sparking; effervescing.

* Beaumont and Fletcher

your neat crisp claret

Brisk; crackling; cheerful; lively.

* Charles Dickens

the snug, small room, and the crisp fire

Of wine: having a refreshing amount of acidity; having less acidity than green wine, but more than a flabby one.

Adjective

(en adjective)

Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.

* 1661 , , The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond

During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant

* (Lord Byron) (1788-1824)

Give, as thy last memorial to the age, / One classic drama, and reform the stage.

Exemplary of a particular style.

Exhibiting timeless quality.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)

, chapter=20 citation , passage=The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad.}}

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-01-01, author=Paul Bartel, Ashli Moore

, volume=101, issue=1, page=47–48, magazine=(American Scientist) , title= Avian Migration: The Ultimate Red-Eye Flight , passage=Many of these classic methods are still used, with some modern improvements. For example, with the aid of special microphones and automated sound detection software, ornithologists recently reported […] that pine siskins (Spinus pinus ) undergo an irregular, nomadic type of nocturnal migration.}}

Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, especially to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their best literature was produced; of or pertaining to places inhabited by the ancient Greeks and Romans, or rendered famous by their deeds.

* (Felicia Hemans) (1804-1864)

Though throned midst Latium's classic plains.

(euphemistic) Traditional; original.