affronteen.
/əˌfrʌnˈtiː/, U.S. /əˌfrənˈti/ A person who is or has been affronted; an insulted or offended person.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > insult > [noun] > one who receives an insult
affrontee1809
1809 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1959) III. 261 As is the case with works of Anger—the memory is all on the side of the Affrontee.
1833 E. Bulwer-Lytton Eng. & English I. i. iv. 92 The affront given, out at once go affronter and affrontee; they fight first, and retract afterwards.
1914 Law Notes June 59/1 The chancery case of Affronti v. Affronti was dismissed by the affronter with costs to the affrontee.
2009 Independent 12 Feb. (Extra section) 2 A professional affrontee,..a single-issue, moist-eyed taker-of-offence.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
affronteeadj.
/əˈfrʌnti/, /əˈfrʌnteɪ/, U.S. /əˈfrənteɪ/ Chiefly used postpositively.
1. Originally Heraldry. Of two figures in a design: facing each other. Cf. affronted adj. 3, confronté adj. Now rare.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [adjective] > specific aspects of heraldic beasts
regardantc1460
addorsed1572
guardant1572
inverted1610
despectant1688
recursant1688
respectant1688
suspectant1688
adossé1710
affrontee1718
affrontee1724
tourné1725
spectant1825
three-quarteredc1828
1718 A. Nisbet Ess. Armories Index terms Combatant, where two Beasts, such as Lions and Boars, are erected on their hinder Feet affrontee to one another in one Coat of Arms.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Affronté, in Heraldry, is understood of Animals bore in an Escutcheon, as facing, or with their Heads turn'd toward each other.
1782 W. Smellie Acct. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. 101 A copper coin of Albert and Elizabeth..having, on one side, their heads in profile, affrontée.
1889 Jrnl. Brit. Archaeol. Assoc Sept. 252 On the bottom of the basket are effigies of the Prince and Princess affrontée.
1908 Reliquary July 206 Two [Salamanders] are arranged affrontée, apparently feeding on a Tree of Life between them.
1950 Jrnl. Soc. Archit. Historians May 5/1 In Fig. 5 the affronté elephants with raised trunks..must have been carved or painted on architecture in vivid colors.
2. Heraldry. Of a figure: facing the viewer; showing the full face.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [adjective] > specific aspects of heraldic beasts
regardantc1460
addorsed1572
guardant1572
inverted1610
despectant1688
recursant1688
respectant1688
suspectant1688
adossé1710
affrontee1718
affrontee1724
tourné1725
spectant1825
three-quarteredc1828
1724 A. Johnston Notitia Anglicana II. 27 Upon a Wreath, the Bust of a Man (by some stil'd King Cam) coup'd and affrontée, Proper, crown'd Ducally, Or.
1787 ‘M. A. Porny’ Elements Heraldry (ed. 4) v. 151 If the Figure is set with the face looking front-ways or forwards, this Position is denoted by the term Affrontée.
1810 W. Berry Introd. Heraldry 112 A lion sejant affronté gules, imperially crowned.
1866 J. E. Cussans Gram. Heraldry 58 The helmet of Dukes and Marquises also stands affronté.
1906 Acadiensis Apr. 149 The peacock affrontee and with tail displayed is termed ‘in his pride’.
1993 S. Friar & J. Ferguson Basic Heraldry 170 Caboshed, a head affronty but without a neck.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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