regardant
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of regardant
1275–1325; Middle English < Middle French, present participle of regarder to regard
Example Sentences
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Guenever looked upon the six lioncels passant regardant —they were marching along with red tongues and daws, winking pertly over their backsides and waving their flame- tipped tails.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
"Affronte" becomes "looking outward", "regardant" becomes "looking backward", and "rampant", which is easily understandable, remains the same.
From Concordance A Terran Empire concordance by Ann Wilson
In the dead silence that ensued the Colonel moved back to the side of the Surveyor-General, and the two stood, thoughtfully regardant of the prisoner.
From Prisoners of Hope A Tale of Colonial Virginia by Mary Johnston
Or, two lions azure, regardant combatant, their tails couped.'
From Beechcroft at Rockstone by Charlotte Mary Yonge
I shall therefore examine the imaginative faculty in these three forms; first, as combining or associative; secondly, as analytic or penetrative; thirdly, as regardant or contemplative.
From Modern Painters Volume II (of V) by John Ruskin
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