passant
/ˈpæsənt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.06 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "He them espying, gan himselfe prepare, / And on his arme addresse his goodly shield / That bore a Lion passant in a golden field."
- "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": […]."
- "Many opinions are passant concerning the basilisk, or little king of serpents, commonly called the cockatrice [...]."
Etymology
From Middle English passaunt (c. 1300), from Old French passant.