argent
/ˈɑːdʒ(ə)nt
/adjective literary & Heraldry
Silver; silvery white: the argent moon...
- Cupping the silver liquid in his palm, Belloc carefully raised his hand to the level of the girl's eyes, which reflected the argent light.
- It was nearly identical to Pegasus, save that it was wingless and had a short argent horn pointing up from its forehead.
- As I watched, the orange flame died out, leaving the argent flame to battle the darkness alone.
noun [mass noun] Heraldry
Silver as a heraldic tincture.The dining-room of this old house is decorated with a coat of arms, chevrons, and bars rouge upon a field argent, which prove, upon inquiry, to be the shield of Nicholas de la Reynie, a high official of King Louis XIV....
- His name was Sir John Cliseton, and he bore for arms a field argent, fretted azure, with a mullet argent in chief.
- The star consists of the Cross of Saint Patrick Gules, on a field argent, charged with a trefoil as on the Badge, surrounded by a sky-blue enamelled circle.
Origin
Late Middle English (denoting silver coins): via Old French from Latin argentum 'silver'.
Rhymes
- beeswax
- beeswing
- beet
- Beethovenian
- Beethoven, Ludwig van
- beetle
- beet leafhopper
- beetle bank
- beetle-browed
- beetle-crusher
- beetling
- Beeton, Mrs Isabella Mary
- bee tree
- beetroot
- beet sugar
- beeves
- be expecting (a baby)
- beezer
- BEF
- befall
- be firing (or shooting) blanks
- befit
- befitting
- befittingly
- beflowered