Meaning

noun the lean flesh of a fish that is often farmed; can be baked or braised

noun any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae

verb raise trivial objections

originThe verb is derived from Middle English carpen, karpe (“to chat, converse, talk; to chatter, gossip; to ask; to cry out, wail; to find fault, carp; to relate, tell; to recite; to sing”), and then partly: * from Old Norse karpa (“to boast, brag; to dispute, quarrel”), further etymology unknown; and * from, or influenced by, Latin carpere, the present active infinitive of carpō (“to harvest, pick,…

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