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olyfaunte

olyfaunte is the alternative spelling of oliphant.

Meaning of oliphant

Noun

oliphant (plural oliphants)

  1. (archaic, historical) An elephant.
    • She [Diana] hath ſent (to plague vs) a huge ſauadge Boare,
      Of an vn-meaſured height and magnitude.
      […]
      His briſtles poynted like a range of pikes
      Ranck't on his backe: his foame ſnowes where he feeds
      His tuskes are like the Indian Oliphants.1613, Thomas Heywood, The Brazen Age, […], London: […] Nicholas Okes, […], →OCLC, Act II, signature [C4], verso
  2. An ancient ivory hunting-horn.

See all 3 meanings of oliphant

Forms of olyfaunte

pluralolyfauntes

Questions about olyfaunte

What is olyfaunte the alternative spelling of?
Olyfaunte is the alternative spelling of oliphant.

Words near olyfaunte in the dictionary

  1. Olwyn
  2. OLY
  3. Olya
  4. olycook
  5. olycooks
  6. olyfaunte
  7. olyfauntes
  8. Olyka
  9. olykoek
  10. olykoeks
  11. Olympia

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