单词 | naissant |
释义 | naissantadj. 1. Heraldry. Of a charge, esp. an animal: issuing from the middle of a fess or other ordinary. Frequently as postmodifier. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [adjective] > specific movements of heraldic beasts passantc1425 rampant1449 natantc1460 combatantc1500 issant1513 naiant1562 salient1562 cursant1572 naissant1572 vibrant1572 counter-salient1610 current1610 issuant1610 counter-passant1632 repassant1632 courant1727 contourné1728 1572 J. Bossewell Wks. Armorie ii. f. 29v Gules and Sables parted per Fesse enuecked, thre lyons nayssant argente, crowned. 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iii. xv. 142 This Lion is said to be Naissant, because he seemeth to issue out of the wombe of the Fesse. 1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Naissant, i.e. Nascent, just new Born; the Herald's Term for a Lyon, or other Beast, appearing to be issuing or coming out of the middle of any Fesse, or other Ordinary. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) Naissant differs from Issuant, in that the Animal in the former Case issues out at the middle, and in the latter, at the bottom, of the Shield or Charge. 1838 Penny Cycl. XII. 143/2 Beasts of prey are, according to their attitude, blazoned..couchant, dormant, naissant [etc.]. 1864 C. Boutell Heraldry Hist. & Pop. (ed. 3) x. 60 A Lion Naissant is now borne upon a chief by the Baron Dormer. 1904 A. C. Fox-Davies Art Heraldry 133 Demi-lion naissant issues from the centre of an ordinary, and not from behind it. 1977 O. Neubecker Heraldry Sources, Symbols & Meaning 153 Often only the upper part of the body was shown, in which case it was blazoned ‘naissant’. 2. That is coming into existence or being produced; nascent. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > [adjective] > coming into existence springing1548 buddinga1586 exsurgent1619 rising1667 enascent1745 naissant1872 1872 Scribner's Monthly Sept. 519 Gabriel, overcome with despair at the odium the unfortunate sculptor had drawn upon his naissant square,..retired from the work. 1885 C. Lowe Life Bismarck I. 184 A navy which should defend the naissant Empire's coasts. 1887 A. M. Brown Treat. Animal Alkaloids ii. i. 79 Naissant hydrogen reduces it to the state of hypoxanthine. 1916 T. MacDonagh Lit. in Irel. 141 Dealing with a naissant literature or with two naissant literatures..it [sc. criticism] looks over its shoulder, as it were. 1994 Econ. Jrnl. 104 1193 The reliance on Cobb-Douglas production functions..is questionable in an economy..with a naissant, but regulated, market-based sector. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1572 |
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