Furiosant
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌfjʊɹ.iˈoʊ.sənt/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Furiosant is an adjective meaning (heraldry, uncommon, of a bull, ox, etc) Passant with head lowered, as if preparing to charge.
Meaning
(heraldry, uncommon, of a bull, ox, etc) Passant with head lowered, as if preparing to charge.
More Meanings
- (uncommon) Furious.
Example Sentences
An old term for the bull etc., enraged, or furiosant.
RANGANT, a term used, in old heraldry, for the bull, bugle, or buffalo, when borne furiosant, or in a rage, or madness.
These men step out with much vim and vigor in a regular furiosant march of swift, long, strong strides that stop at nothing, and the luckless pedestrian who happens to get in their way is apt to be knocked down and run over.
... the inane whim of the furiosant fanatics of Canadian Independence! But I must come back to the blaring headlines with which the statement by the Lord Chancellor of England was adorned - or obscured by the Daily Press of Canada.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include salient, pascuant, enurny, levant, tauriform, passant.
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