blazon
/ˈbleɪzən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Ostentatious display, verbal or otherwise; publication; description; record.
Countable; Uncountable
verb
To display conspicuously or publicly.
verb
To shine; to be conspicuous.
Example Sentences
- "...it should never be forgotten that the best blazon is that which is the most perspicuous"
- "The official blazon of the arms of Perth is "Gules, a Holy Lambe passant regardant staff and cross argent, with the banner of St. Andrew proper, all within a double tressure counter-flowered of the second": […]."
- "We must banish, therefore, the persistent but wholly erroneous notion that the heralds invented many of the terms used in blazon and borrowed the rest from the everyday lexicon of terms..."
- "He wears their motto on his blade, / Their blazon o'er his towers displayed; [...]"
- "Obtrude the blazon of their exploits upon the company."
- "Thy tongue, thy face, thy limbs, actions, and spirit, / Do give thee five-fold blazon."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: blason