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embelif

embelif adjective: oblique.

Adjective

embelif (not comparable)

  1. (postpositional) Oblique.
    • Robert Dene of Sussex (14th century) bore "Gules a quarter azure 'embelif,' or aslant, and thereon a sleeved arm and hand of silver."1910, The Encyclopaedia Britannica: Har to Ita, page 320
    • The trick […] might be meant for a lion passant or for one rampant embelif […]2009, Thomas Daniel Tremlett, Hugh Stanford London, Rolls of Arms, Henry III., page 132

Origin of embelif

From Middle English embelif (“oblique (adj.); obliquely (adv.)”) (compare Middle English embelink), from Old French en belif / beslif, related to Latin ob-līquus.

Questions about embelif

What does embelif mean?
Embelif means oblique.
What part of speech is embelif?
Embelif is an adjective.

Words near embelif in the dictionary

  1. embeds
  2. embeggar
  3. embeggared
  4. embeggaring
  5. embeggars
  6. embelif
  7. embelin
  8. embellish
  9. embellishable
  10. embellished
  11. embellisher

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