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riante

riante adjective: cheerful, agreeable (chiefly of a place, landscape etc.); pleasing to look at.

Adjective

riante (comparative more riante, superlative most riante)

  1. (archaic) Cheerful, agreeable (chiefly of a place, landscape etc.); pleasing to look at.
    • Of late, my Fanny, I have found this view too riante […].1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 335
    • The city is antique but riante with broad promenades and trees.1901, J. M. Hoppin, Great Epochs in Art History

Forms of riante

comparativemore riante
superlativemost riante

Origin of riante

From French riante, feminine of riant (“smiling, laughing”). Compare riant.

Questions about riante

What does riante mean?
Riante means cheerful, agreeable (chiefly of a place, landscape etc.); pleasing to look at.
What part of speech is riante?
Riante is an adjective.

Words near riante in the dictionary

  1. riancy
  2. Riang
  3. Riano
  4. Rianos
  5. riant
  6. riante
  7. riantly
  8. rias
  9. Riases
  10. riat
  11. riata

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