MEANING
1. A slender, sharply pointed sword designed mainly for thrusting.
2. Sharply incisive, especially of wit or verbal attack.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- draw a rapier
- rapier blade
On the page
The duelist drew a rapier.
Light ran along the rapier’s blade.
The curator described the rapier’s guard.
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- rapier
Usage notes
Primary category: fantasy. Forms: Singular rapier; plural rapiers. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
Practice this word in a sentenceYour margin notes
Keep a thought for later. Sign in to save privately.