armipotent
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of armipotent
First recorded in 1350–1400, armipotent is from the Latin word armipotent- (stem of armipotēns potent in arms). See arm 2, -i-, potent 1
Example Sentences
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But if the armipotent, or god of light, Obstruct Achilles, or commence the fight.
From The Iliad by Alexander Pope
On Raghu's sons his eyes he bent, And hailed the lords armipotent.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith
And dounward from an hill under a bent, Ther stood the temple of Mars, armipotent, Wrought all of burned stele, of which th' entree Was longe and streite, and gastly for to see.
From The Seven Lamps of Architecture by John Ruskin
This is your devoted friend, sir, the manifold linguist, and the armipotent soldier.
From All's Well That Ends Well by William Shakespeare
Parolles is referred to as "the manifold linguist and armipotent soldier."
From Shakespeare's Lost Years in London, 1586-1592 by Arthur Acheson
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