naissant

British  

/ ˈneɪsənt /

adjective

1. heraldry (of a beast) having only the forepart shown above a horizontal division of a shield

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Etymology

Origin of naissant

C16: from Old French, literally: being born. See _nascent

Example Sentences

“There was no way I was letting this chance pass me by,” Naissant said.

From Seattle Times

“We think there are still bodies in the ruins because we can smell them from underneath the rubble,” said Jean Mary Naissant, one of the officials of Cavaillon, which is near the southern city of Les Cayes, one of the areas worst hit by the earthquake.

From Reuters

And the ever-alert dramatic instinct of the actor-manager, working in seeming independence of the preoccupied mere man and naissant lover, took note of the room as a possible charming stage-setting for some new comedy.

From Project Gutenberg

The seventeenth century was, in French history, the greatest century from the standpoint of literary perfection, the sixteenth century the richest in naissant ideas, and the eighteenth the greatest in the way of developing and formulating those ideas; and each century produced great women who were in perfect harmony with and expressed the ideals of each period of civilization.

From Project Gutenberg

Thus the French translator:— Les yeux peuvent so�tenir la clart� du soleil naissant, mais lorsqu'il s'est avanc� dans sa carri�re lumineuse, et que ses rayons r�pandent les ardeurs du midi, on tacherait en vain de l'envisager; un prompt aveuglement serait le prix de cette audace.

From Project Gutenberg