passantadj.n.adv.

Brit.

/ˈpas(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ˈpæs(ə)nt/

Forms: Middle English pasaunt, Middle English passans (plural), Middle English passante, Middle English passaunt, Middle English passaunte, Middle English– passant, 1600s passent; also Scottish pre-1700 passand (rare).

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French passant.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French passant (12th cent. in Old French, c1255 in heraldic use in Anglo-Norman; c1250 as noun), present participle of passer pass v.The heraldic compounds passant guardant , passant regardant , passant repassant (see sense A. 3) are apparently formations in English; no corresponding compounds are attested in French. Occasional Older Scots forms in -and are probably by association with passand , the usual Older Scots form of passing adj.

A. adj.

†1. Passing by or along, going, proceeding; travelling, journeying. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > [adjective] > moving along

goingc1275

passantc1330

travelling1340

society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [adjective]

wendingOE

travelling1340

cursory1606

peregrinating1611

passantc1710

journeying1739

trekking1850

c1330 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Auch.) 2043 (MED) Beues..rod norþ gode spede; Euer a was pasaunt [v.r. rydaunt] Til a com to Mombraunt.

c1436 Domesday Ipswich (BL Add. 25011) in T. Twiss Black Bk. Admiralty (1873) II. 23 (MED) Plees..for straunge marynerys passaunt..shuldene ben pleted from tyde to tyde.

1608 Dispute Question of Kneeling 56 So as it be with an honor passant and transcurrent from and through it to the Creator.

1609 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 291 Richard Parkyns to be passant to and fro.

1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. iii. 10 Fiery Trajections, and Passant Meteors.

c1710 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 124 It was a fine thing and would have delighted me severall dayes but I was passant.

†2. Surpassing; excellent; pre-eminent; = passing adj. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > surpassing excellence > [adjective]

sunderlyOE

noblec1330

precellentc1384

passantc1385

especialc1386

passinga1387

surmountingc1407

superlative?a1430

precelling?1435

pre-eminenta1460

outrepassed1477

divine1488

pre-excellenta1500

superexcellent1508

transcending1528

pre-ordinate1543

exceeding1552

superexcelling1554

exquisite1578

surpassingc1580

summary1587

paragon1593

transcendent1598

overmatchful1609

termless1609

overtoppinga1615

paramounta1626

overtowering1639

surpassant1654

transcendental1701

superior1711

towery1731

prize1739

supernala1817

tiptopsome1819

tip-topping1826

par excellence1839

superfine1850

towering1894

c1385 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 2107 Euery wight that..wolde his thankes han a passant [v.rr. passaunte; passing] name Hath preyed that he myghte been of that game.

c1475 Wisdom (Folger) (1969) 610 (MED) Curyous aray I wyll euer hante..Ande I falsnes, to be passante.

1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) (1859) v. v. 76 The stones sholde nought haue kept them fro syngynge, for the passaunt ioye.

a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (Harl. 7333) (1879) 247 My layde the Emperes is weddid this daye, and þerefor ther is a passaunt feste y-made.

3. Heraldry. Of a four-legged animal: walking (usually towards the dexter) and looking ahead, with three paws on the ground and the dexter forepaw raised. passant guardant: passant with head turned so as to show the full face. passant regardant: passant with head looking backwards. passant repassant: (of two animals) walking (and looking ahead) in opposite directions.

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

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iii. 243 (MED) He bare in his schelde, Passaunt of gold, þre lyouns richely.

c1460 Bk. Arms in Ancestor (1903) Jan. 229 (MED) Goulys, iij lyonys of sylvre passant, a bend of aseur.

c1500 Sc. Poem Heraldry (Harl. 6149) 128 in F. J. Furnivall Queene Elizabethes Achademy (1869) i. 98 A lionne..Third, saliant; the fourt, passand I-wis.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. i. sig. Bb5^v His goodly shield That bore a Lion passant in a golden field.

1594 T. Kyd tr. R. Garnier Cornelia v. 207 Passant regardant softly they [sc. two lions] retyre.

1661 S. Morgan Sphere of Gentry iv. ii. 15 Three demy Lionels passant argent.

1694 E. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia (ed. 18) ii. ii. 94 The Arms of the Princes of Wales..bear, quarterly, gules and or, four Lions passant guardant.

1816 Monthly Mag. 41 526 Three lions passant banner'd they expand.

1882 J. E. Cussons Handbk. Heraldry vi. 85 Passant-reguardant differs from passant-guardant only in having the head contourné, or turned towards the sinister.

1894 H. Gough & J. Parker Gloss. Terms Heraldry (new ed.) 447 Passant repassant is used of two animals passing each other in contrary directions.

1988 R. Turnbull Fisher's World: Canada 92 Anyone who takes the time to examine Toronto's coat-of-arms sees a shield with three lions passant.

1999 Times 1 Apr. 25/5 All four UK assay offices will continue to put the lion passant on sterling silver.

†4. Ephemeral, transitory, brief. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [adjective]

slidinga900

scrithingOE

henwardOE

swifta1225

short livya1325

passing1340

flittingc1374

shadowy1374

temporalc1384

speedfula1400

transitory?c1400

brittlea1425

unabidingc1430

frail?c1450

indurablec1450

scrithel?c1475

caduke1483

transitorious1492

passanta1500

perishinga1500

caducea1513

fugitive?1518

caducal?1548

quick1548

delible1549

flittering1549

undurable?1555

shadowish1561

fleeting1563

vading1566

flightful1571

wanzing1571

transitive1575

slipping1581

diary1583

unlasting1585

never-lasting1588

flit1590

post-like1594

running1598

short-lived1598

short-winded1598

transient1599

unpermanent1607

flashy1609

of a day1612

passable1613

dureless1614

urgenta1616

waxena1616

decayable1617

horary1620

evanid1626

fugitable1628

short-dated1632

fugacious1635

ephemerala1639

impermanent1653

fungous1655

volatile1655

ephemerousa1660

unimmortal1667

timesome1674

while-being1674

of passage1680

journal1685

ephemeron1714

admovent1727

evanescent1728

meteorous1750

deciduous1763

preterient1786

ephemeridal1795

meteorica1802

meteor1803

ephemerean1804

ephemerid1804

evanescing1805

fleeted1810

fleet1812

unenduring1814

unremaining1817

unimmortalized1839

impersistent1849

flighty1850

uneternal1862

caducous1863

diurnal1866

horarious1866

brisk1879

evasive1881

picaresque1959

a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 57 Coueyte noght þinges coruptibles & passant [a1500 Ashm. transitorye; c1450 Royal passyng], þat þou most sone forsake.

1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie xvii. 113 [The letter] E. when it endeth the last sillab, with one or mo consonants cumming after it, either soundeth flat and full, and maketh a syllab, as in rest..or it is passant & soundeth quik.

1604 J. Webster Ode in S. Harrison Arch's of Triumph sig. B2^v For pleasures streame Is like a dreame. Passant and fleet as is a shade.

a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 223 Our actions (even our passant words, and our secret thoughts).

1715 J. Barker Exilius ii. 55 All the Glories of this World are passant.

†5. Current; in general use, in vogue. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [adjective] > now in use

gengec900

passant1611

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Passant,..also, passant, currant, verie tollerable.

1619 J. Hales Let. 31 Jan. 74 in Golden Remains (1659) This as yet is all the Newes that is passant.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 118 Many opinions are passant concerning the Basilisk.

1680 in T. B. Howell State Trials (1816) VII. 1195 Ay, said she,..I believe thou hast no hand in the plot (a casual word that was passant at that time).

1844 C. MacFarlane Camp of Refuge I. 67 It came to be a passant saying with men who would describe anything that was super-excellent.

†6. Cursory, perfunctory. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > careless, not thorough

overlyc1450

superficialc1456

sloven1532

sloven-like1569

perfunctory1592

slovenly1592

perfunctorious1599

cursory1601

cursorarya1616

slighty1619

cursitory1632

touch and go1682

passant1685

skimming1728

slapdashc1792

lax1812

slap-bang1815

slummocking1825

slobbery1832

percursory1837

slipshod1845

slip-string1854

slummocky1855

free and easy1864

unthorough1868

slurring1880

slummy1881

sploshy1881

skimmy1893

surfacy1975

drive-through1994

the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adjective] > acting with haste > carelessly

slubberinga1591

cursory1601

cursorarya1616

cursitory1632

passant1685

percursory1837

slurring1880

1685 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II I. iv. 241 He doth not inspect our Actions with a passant and cursory View, as things of little or no Moment.

1693 P. Pett in Bp. T. Barlow Genuine Remains Ep. to Rdr. sig. A4 On a Passant review of what..I wrote to the Bp.

†B. n.

1. A person who passes through a place. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > one who passes

passera1382

passantc1436

passer-by1568

by-passer1573

pass-by1602

passer-through1843

c1436 Domesday Ipswich (BL Add. 25011) in T. Twiss Black Bk. Admiralty (1873) II. 23 (MED) The plees in tyme of feyre be twixe straunge and passant shuldene bene pleted from hour to hour.

1494 Loutfut MS f. 16, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Passand For that othir bestes gangis nocht for raddour of passandes.

1890 Athenæum 18 Jan. 89/2 A constant stream of [Huguenot] refugees passed through the town [sc. Dover]... Amongst the ‘passants’ appears the name of ‘Severin Durfy’.

2. Needlework. A piping without a cord. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.

ΚΠ

1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 378/1 Passant, the French term denoting a piping without a cord running through it.

†C. adv.

In passing; = en passant adv. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > [adverb] > in passing

by the way?1520

in passing by1598

passant1602

passantly1602

in passage1605

in the bygoing1637

obviously1658

by the by?1710

passingly1836

in passing1849

1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 162 As is euident by sundrie bookes written, and to be written..and may be gathered passant in these Quodlibets.

a1617 P. Baynes Lectures 112 in Comm. First & Second Chapters Colossians (1634) The eye of the body taketh a double view, the one passent in transitu, the other fixed.

1712 tr. H. More Scholia Antidote Atheism 160 in H. More Coll. Philos. Writings (ed. 4) Johnston briefly, and as it were passant, tells the same story.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	passant
释义	passantadj.n.adv. Brit. /ˈpas(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈpæs(ə)nt/ Forms: Middle English pasaunt, Middle English passans (plural), Middle English passante, Middle English passaunt, Middle English passaunte, Middle English– passant, 1600s passent; also Scottish pre-1700 passand (rare). Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French passant. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Middle French, French passant (12th cent. in Old French, c1255 in heraldic use in Anglo-Norman; c1250 as noun), present participle of passer pass v.The heraldic compounds passant guardant , passant regardant , passant repassant (see sense A. 3) are apparently formations in English; no corresponding compounds are attested in French. Occasional Older Scots forms in -and are probably by association with passand , the usual Older Scots form of passing adj. A. adj. †1. Passing by or along, going, proceeding; travelling, journeying. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > [adjective] > moving along goingc1275 passantc1330 travelling1340 society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [adjective] wendingOE travelling1340 cursory1606 peregrinating1611 passantc1710 journeying1739 trekking1850 c1330 (?c1300) Bevis of Hampton (Auch.) 2043 (MED) Beues..rod norþ gode spede; Euer a was pasaunt [v.r. rydaunt] Til a com to Mombraunt. c1436 Domesday Ipswich (BL Add. 25011) in T. Twiss Black Bk. Admiralty (1873) II. 23 (MED) Plees..for straunge marynerys passaunt..shuldene ben pleted from tyde to tyde. 1608 Dispute Question of Kneeling 56 So as it be with an honor passant and transcurrent from and through it to the Creator. 1609 in W. H. Stevenson Rec. Borough Nottingham (1889) IV. 291 Richard Parkyns to be passant to and fro. 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. iii. 10 Fiery Trajections, and Passant Meteors. c1710 C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 124 It was a fine thing and would have delighted me severall dayes but I was passant. †2. Surpassing; excellent; pre-eminent; = passing adj. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > surpassing excellence > [adjective] sunderlyOE noblec1330 precellentc1384 passantc1385 especialc1386 passinga1387 surmountingc1407 superlative?a1430 precelling?1435 pre-eminenta1460 outrepassed1477 divine1488 pre-excellenta1500 superexcellent1508 transcending1528 pre-ordinate1543 exceeding1552 superexcelling1554 exquisite1578 surpassingc1580 summary1587 paragon1593 transcendent1598 overmatchful1609 termless1609 overtoppinga1615 paramounta1626 overtowering1639 surpassant1654 transcendental1701 superior1711 towery1731 prize1739 supernala1817 tiptopsome1819 tip-topping1826 par excellence1839 superfine1850 towering1894 c1385 G. Chaucer Knight's Tale 2107 Euery wight that..wolde his thankes han a passant [v.rr. passaunte; passing] name Hath preyed that he myghte been of that game. c1475 Wisdom (Folger) (1969) 610 (MED) Curyous aray I wyll euer hante..Ande I falsnes, to be passante. 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) (1859) v. v. 76 The stones sholde nought haue kept them fro syngynge, for the passaunt ioye. a1500 (?a1450) Gesta Romanorum (Harl. 7333) (1879) 247 My layde the Emperes is weddid this daye, and þerefor ther is a passaunt feste y-made. 3. Heraldry. Of a four-legged animal: walking (usually towards the dexter) and looking ahead, with three paws on the ground and the dexter forepaw raised. passant guardant: passant with head turned so as to show the full face. passant regardant: passant with head looking backwards. passant repassant: (of two animals) walking (and looking ahead) in opposite directions. 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 c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iii. 243 (MED) He bare in his schelde, Passaunt of gold, þre lyouns richely. c1460 Bk. Arms in Ancestor (1903) Jan. 229 (MED) Goulys, iij lyonys of sylvre passant, a bend of aseur. c1500 Sc. Poem Heraldry (Harl. 6149) 128 in F. J. Furnivall Queene Elizabethes Achademy (1869) i. 98 A lionne..Third, saliant; the fourt, passand I-wis. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. i. sig. Bb5^v His goodly shield That bore a Lion passant in a golden field. 1594 T. Kyd tr. R. Garnier Cornelia v. 207 Passant regardant softly they [sc. two lions] retyre. 1661 S. Morgan Sphere of Gentry iv. ii. 15 Three demy Lionels passant argent. 1694 E. Chamberlayne Angliæ Notitia (ed. 18) ii. ii. 94 The Arms of the Princes of Wales..bear, quarterly, gules and or, four Lions passant guardant. 1816 Monthly Mag. 41 526 Three lions passant banner'd they expand. 1882 J. E. Cussons Handbk. Heraldry vi. 85 Passant-reguardant differs from passant-guardant only in having the head contourné, or turned towards the sinister. 1894 H. Gough & J. Parker Gloss. Terms Heraldry (new ed.) 447 Passant repassant is used of two animals passing each other in contrary directions. 1988 R. Turnbull Fisher's World: Canada 92 Anyone who takes the time to examine Toronto's coat-of-arms sees a shield with three lions passant. 1999 Times 1 Apr. 25/5 All four UK assay offices will continue to put the lion passant on sterling silver. †4. Ephemeral, transitory, brief. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > swift movement of time > [adjective] slidinga900 scrithingOE henwardOE swifta1225 short livya1325 passing1340 flittingc1374 shadowy1374 temporalc1384 speedfula1400 transitory?c1400 brittlea1425 unabidingc1430 frail?c1450 indurablec1450 scrithel?c1475 caduke1483 transitorious1492 passanta1500 perishinga1500 caducea1513 fugitive?1518 caducal?1548 quick1548 delible1549 flittering1549 undurable?1555 shadowish1561 fleeting1563 vading1566 flightful1571 wanzing1571 transitive1575 slipping1581 diary1583 unlasting1585 never-lasting1588 flit1590 post-like1594 running1598 short-lived1598 short-winded1598 transient1599 unpermanent1607 flashy1609 of a day1612 passable1613 dureless1614 urgenta1616 waxena1616 decayable1617 horary1620 evanid1626 fugitable1628 short-dated1632 fugacious1635 ephemerala1639 impermanent1653 fungous1655 volatile1655 ephemerousa1660 unimmortal1667 timesome1674 while-being1674 of passage1680 journal1685 ephemeron1714 admovent1727 evanescent1728 meteorous1750 deciduous1763 preterient1786 ephemeridal1795 meteorica1802 meteor1803 ephemerean1804 ephemerid1804 evanescing1805 fleeted1810 fleet1812 unenduring1814 unremaining1817 unimmortalized1839 impersistent1849 flighty1850 uneternal1862 caducous1863 diurnal1866 horarious1866 brisk1879 evasive1881 picaresque1959 a1500 (?a1425) tr. Secreta Secret. (Lamb.) 57 Coueyte noght þinges coruptibles & passant [a1500 Ashm. transitorye; c1450 Royal passyng], þat þou most sone forsake. 1582 R. Mulcaster 1st Pt. Elementarie xvii. 113 [The letter] E. when it endeth the last sillab, with one or mo consonants cumming after it, either soundeth flat and full, and maketh a syllab, as in rest..or it is passant & soundeth quik. 1604 J. Webster Ode in S. Harrison Arch's of Triumph sig. B2^v For pleasures streame Is like a dreame. Passant and fleet as is a shade. a1677 I. Barrow Wks. (1683) II. 223 Our actions (even our passant words, and our secret thoughts). 1715 J. Barker Exilius ii. 55 All the Glories of this World are passant. †5. Current; in general use, in vogue. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [adjective] > now in use gengec900 passant1611 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Passant,..also, passant, currant, verie tollerable. 1619 J. Hales Let. 31 Jan. 74 in Golden Remains (1659) This as yet is all the Newes that is passant. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 118 Many opinions are passant concerning the Basilisk. View more context for this quotation 1680 in T. B. Howell State Trials (1816) VII. 1195 Ay, said she,..I believe thou hast no hand in the plot (a casual word that was passant at that time). 1844 C. MacFarlane Camp of Refuge I. 67 It came to be a passant saying with men who would describe anything that was super-excellent. †6. Cursory, perfunctory. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > careless, not thorough overlyc1450 superficialc1456 sloven1532 sloven-like1569 perfunctory1592 slovenly1592 perfunctorious1599 cursory1601 cursorarya1616 slighty1619 cursitory1632 touch and go1682 passant1685 skimming1728 slapdashc1792 lax1812 slap-bang1815 slummocking1825 slobbery1832 percursory1837 slipshod1845 slip-string1854 slummocky1855 free and easy1864 unthorough1868 slurring1880 slummy1881 sploshy1881 skimmy1893 surfacy1975 drive-through1994 the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adjective] > acting with haste > carelessly slubberinga1591 cursory1601 cursorarya1616 cursitory1632 passant1685 percursory1837 slurring1880 1685 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II I. iv. 241 He doth not inspect our Actions with a passant and cursory View, as things of little or no Moment. 1693 P. Pett in Bp. T. Barlow Genuine Remains Ep. to Rdr. sig. A4 On a Passant review of what..I wrote to the Bp. †B. n. 1. A person who passes through a place. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > one who passes passera1382 passantc1436 passer-by1568 by-passer1573 pass-by1602 passer-through1843 c1436 Domesday Ipswich (BL Add. 25011) in T. Twiss Black Bk. Admiralty (1873) II. 23 (MED) The plees in tyme of feyre be twixe straunge and passant shuldene bene pleted from hour to hour. 1494 Loutfut MS f. 16, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at Passand For that othir bestes gangis nocht for raddour of passandes. 1890 Athenæum 18 Jan. 89/2 A constant stream of [Huguenot] refugees passed through the town [sc. Dover]... Amongst the ‘passants’ appears the name of ‘Severin Durfy’. 2. Needlework. A piping without a cord. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 378/1 Passant, the French term denoting a piping without a cord running through it. †C. adv. In passing; = en passant adv. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > [adverb] > in passing by the way?1520 in passing by1598 passant1602 passantly1602 in passage1605 in the bygoing1637 obviously1658 by the by?1710 passingly1836 in passing1849 1602 W. Watson Decacordon Ten Quodlibeticall Questions 162 As is euident by sundrie bookes written, and to be written..and may be gathered passant in these Quodlibets. a1617 P. Baynes Lectures 112 in Comm. First & Second Chapters Colossians (1634) The eye of the body taketh a double view, the one passent in transitu, the other fixed. 1712 tr. H. More Scholia Antidote Atheism 160 in H. More Coll. Philos. Writings (ed. 4) Johnston briefly, and as it were passant, tells the same story. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.adv.c1330
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