Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

recursant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-cur-sant
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having its back towards the observer.

Example Sentences

"Argent, an eagle recursant, wings overture, sable."

Etymology

From Latin recursans, recursantis, present participle of recursare (“to run back”), v. freq. of recurrere. See recur.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: recursans

Synonyms

tergiant en arrière

Questions

What does recursant mean?: Having its back towards the observer.
Where does recursant come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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