jessant
American
[jes-uhnt]
/ ˈdʒɛs ənt /
adjective
Heraldry.
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shooting up, as a plant.
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coming forth; issuant.
Etymology
Origin of jessant
1600–10; perhaps alteration of obsolete issant issuant, by association with obsolete jessant (of a charge) lying on top of another charge < Middle French gesant (present participle of gesir ≪ Latin jacēre to lie), equivalent to ges- lie + -ant -ant
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