respit
EnglishEdit
NounEdit
respit (plural respits)
AnagramsEdit
- Pitres, Presti, Priest, Sprite, esprit, priest, re-tips, retips, ripest, sitrep, sprite, stripe, tripes
Old FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin respectus, from the verb respecto (“I look back”).
NounEdit
respit m (oblique plural respiz or respitz, nominative singular respiz or respitz, nominative plural respit)
- rest (physical rest)
- circa 1176, Chrétien de Troyes, 'Cligès':
- Molt volantiers, que ja respiz n'an sera priz
- Willingly, straight away [i.e. without taking rest first]
SynonymsEdit
- congié (in certain cases)