rident
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of rident
1600–10; < Latin rīdent- (stem of rīdēns, present participle of rīdēre to laugh); -ent
Example Sentences
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Permeo terras, ubi nuda rupes Saxeas miscet nebulis ruinas, Torva ubi rident steriles coloni Rura labores.
From Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes by Johnson, Samuel
She throws open the flood-gates of her heart as in words recalling Lucretius: Te, dea, te fugiunt venti, te nubila caeli Adventumque tuum, tibi suavis daedala tellus Summittit floras, tibi rident sequora ponti.
From Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"; an essay on the Wagnerian drama by Hight, George Ainslie
Permeo terras, ubi nuda rupes Saxeas miscet nebulis ruinas, Torva ubi rident steriles coloni Rura labores.
From Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson by Morley, Henry
It may be graphic, mimetic or merely rident.
From The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose
Te, Dea, te fugiunt venti, te nubila cœli, Adventumque tuum; tibi suaves d�dala tellus Submittit flores; tibi rident �quora ponti; Placatumque nitet diffuso lumine cœlum.
From The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes by Darwin, Erasmus
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