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aversant

aversant adjective: turned to show the back: said of a hand (or gauntlet).

aversant: turned to show the back: said of a hand (or gauntlet)
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Adjective

aversant (not comparable)

  1. Turned to show the back: said of a hand (or gauntlet).
    • [...] bore, sable three sinister gauntlets aversant [...]1902, Joseph Foster, Some Feudal Coats of Arms and Others, page 204
    • Gules, a fess azure between 4 hands (mains) sinister aversant or.1979, W. E. Hampton, Memorials of the Wars of the Roses: A Biographical Guide
    Synonyms:
    dorsed, averse

Synonyms of aversant

Antonyms

Origin of aversant

From Latin āversantem, from āversāns.

Questions about aversant

What does aversant mean?
Aversant means turned to show the back: said of a hand (or gauntlet).
What part of speech is aversant?
Aversant is an adjective.

Words near aversant in the dictionary

  1. averruncators
  2. avers
  3. Aversa
  4. Aversano
  5. Aversanos
  6. aversant
  7. Aversas
  8. aversation
  9. aversations
  10. averse
  11. aversed

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