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riposte

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
riposte /rɪˈpɒst/

▶noun

1 a quick clever reply.

2 a quick return thrust in fencing.

▶verb make a riposte.

– origin C18: from Fr. risposte (n.), risposter (v.), from Ital. risposta ‘response’.

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