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Meaning of furiosant | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B2
/ˌfjʊɹ.iˈoʊ.sənt/

Definitions

  1. Passant with head lowered, as if preparing to charge.
    not-comparable, uncommon
  2. Furious.
    not-comparable, uncommon

Examples

“RANGANT, a term used, in old heraldry, for the bull, bugle, or buffalo, when borne furiosant, or in a rage, or madness.”
“An old term for the bull etc., enraged, or furiosant.”
“These men step out with much vim and vigor in a regular furiosant march of swift, long, strong strides that stop at nothing, and the luckless pedestrian who happens to get in their way is apt to be knocked down and run over.”
“... the inane whim of the furiosant fanatics of Canadian Independence! But I must come back to the blaring headlines with which the statement by the Lord Chancellor of England was adorned - or obscured by the Daily Press of Canada.”
“On the whole, Pascoe found his sympathies with Selwyn here, for the sight of Dalziel furioso, or perhaps more precisely furiosant, for there was certainly more of the mad bull than the enraged hero in his looks, was enough to set a[…]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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