Ravissant
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Ravissant is an adjective meaning (heraldry) In a half-raised position, as if about to spring on prey.
Meaning
(heraldry) In a half-raised position, as if about to spring on prey.
More Meanings
- (heraldry) Devouring prey; raping.
- (obsolete) Ravishing; exquisite.
Example Sentences
In one word, it is so light, so pretty, so ravissant, and such a perfect dear, that EUGENIE herself could not help being jealous, if she were to see it.
To me it is 'ravissant, ravissant' to the very utmost height, to sit here in this chair and see you in that one. It is all in life that is most exquisite.
The Counts of Miranda quarter this coat with (2 and 3):—Arg. two wolves passant in pale Sa., each ravissant a lamb of the first; within a bordure Gu. charged with eight aspas Or for Avellenada.
His dame chanced to have a niece—a niece, tradition says, with the loveliest complexion and the most ravissant auburn hair in the world , and with whom, when she visited her aunt, all Oppidans and Tugs who saw the beatific vision became straightway enamoured.
Related Words
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