Both Uses of
riposte
in
Dune
- "It was not an odd question," Paul said, and Jessica noted the brittle riposte quality of her training exposed in his voice.†
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- She forced herself to calmness, thinking: A good riposte, that.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(riposte as in: her witty riposte) a quick reply to a question or remark -- especially a witty or critical one
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, riposte is used in the context of the sport of fencing to denote a counterattack made immediately after successfully parrying the opponents lunge.