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altivolant

altivolant adjective: flying high; soaring.

Adjective

altivolant (comparative more altivolant, superlative most altivolant)

  1. (obsolete) Flying high; soaring.
    • So he thus
      Repuls'd the tempter, who, not yet abash'd,
      Bore him altivolant from Salem's tow'rs1833, William Ellis Wall, Christ Crucified

Forms of altivolant

comparativemore altivolant
superlativemost altivolant

Origin of altivolant

From Latin altivolans. See volant.

Questions about altivolant

What does altivolant mean?
Altivolant means flying high; soaring.
What part of speech is altivolant?
Altivolant is an adjective.

Words near altivolant in the dictionary

  1. altitudinarian
  2. altitudinarians
  3. altitudinous
  4. altitudinousness
  5. altitudinousnesses
  6. altivolant
  7. Altizer
  8. Altizers
  9. altizide
  10. Altland
  11. Altlands

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