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Date: 1700-1800
Language: French
Origin: Italian risposta 'answer', from rispondere 'to answer', from Latin respondere; RESPOND

riposte

 noun
     
ri‧poste [countable]
formal a quick, clever reply to something that someone has said:
a suitably witty riposte
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