tridented

Adjective (1)

tridented (not comparable)

1. Having three prongs.
   • Trineus beholding a ſhape of ſuch ſtrangeneſſe, making the ſigne of the Croſſe on his breaſt, and aduauncing his Shield for his defence, ſtoode to defend what this deformed Monſter durſt doe: who lifting vppe his tridented forke, ſtrooke it quite thorow his Shielde, and the blowe falſing along his...1602, A[nthony] M[unday], transl., The Third and Last Part of Palmerin of England. Enterlaced with the Loues and Fortunes of Many Gallant Knights and Ladies: A Historie Full of Most Choise and Sweet...
   • Euen ſo the Mariners perceiuing all
     Their labour ſpent, and the effect but ſmall,
     And of neceſſity that all muſt dye,
     If Ionah leaue not their ſociety,
     They tooke vp Ionas, and with one accord,
     And common ayde, threw Ionas ouer boord;
     Whereat grim Neptune wip’t his fomy mouth,
     Held his tridented...1620, Fra[ncis] Quarles, A Feast for VVormes. Set Forth in a Poeme of the History of Ionah., London: […] Felix Kyngston, for Richard Moore, […]

   Synonyms:

   tridental, tridentate

Adjective (2)

IPA/ˈtɹaɪdəntɪd/

tridented (not comparable)

1. Bearing a trident.
   • MOuntaines ſhall mooue, the Sun his circling courſe
     Shall ſtop; Tridented Neptune ſhall diuorce
     Th’embracing floods, from their beloued Iles,
     Ere Heauen forgets his ſeruant, and recoiles
     From his eternall vow: […]1625, Fra[ncis] Quarles, Sions Elegies. Wept by Ieremie the Prophet, and Periphras’d by Fra. Quarles., London: […] W[illiam] Stansby for Thomas Dewe, […]
   • […]where the tridented Rhadamanthus—(Yama with Brahams, also tridentiferous?) with his three-headed dog Cerberus […] receives them into those unsunned dominions.1834, Edward Moor, “Fragments—Fourth. Descriptive Account of the Plates in This Volume.”, in Oriental Fragments, London: Smith, Elder, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 462

   Synonyms:

   tridentiferous