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passant, a. (n.)|ˈpæsənt|
Also 4–5 -aunt, -e, 7 -ent.
[a. F. passant, pr. pple. of passer to pass.]
†1. Surpassing, exceeding; excelling; = passing ppl. a. 3. Obs.
c1386Chaucer Knt.'s T. 1249 Ffor euery wight that..wolde his thankes han a passant name Hath preyd þat he myghte been of that game. 1413Pilgr. Sowle (Caxton 1483) v. v. 76 The stones sholde nought haue kept them fro syngynge, for the passaunt ioye. c1485Digby Myst. v. 612 Mynde. Coryous aray I wyll euer haunt. Vnderstondyng. And I, ffal[s]nesse, to be passaunt.
†2. Passing, transitory, transient, fugitive. Obs.
c1400tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 57 Coueyte noght þinges coruptibles & passant. 1604Webster Ode in Arch's of Triumph, For pleasure's stream Is like a dream, Passant and fleet, as is a shade. a1677Barrow Wks. (1686) II. Serm. xvi. 223 Our actions (even our passant words, and our secret thoughts). 1715J. Barker Exilius ii. ii. 55 All the Glories of this World are passant.
†3. Passing, going on, journeying; proceeding.
1608Hieron Defence iii. 56 So as it be with an honor passant and transcurrent from and through it to the Creator. 1609Nottingham Rec. IV. 291 Richard Parkyns to be passant to and fro. a1618Sylvester Job Triumphant iv. 472 When they [Lionesses]..watch For passant Heards. 1686Goad Celest. Bodies i. iii. 10 Fiery Trajections, and Passant Meteors. c1710C. Fiennes Diary (1888) 124 It was a fine thing and would have delighted me severall dayes but I was passant.
4. Her. Of a beast: Walking, and looking toward the dexter side, with three paws on the ground and the dexter fore-paw raised.
passant guardant: see quot. 1787. passant reguardant, passant with head contourné or looking backwards. passant repassant, walking as above in opposite directions.
c1500Sc. Poem Heraldry 128 in Q. Eliz. Acad. 98 A lionne..Third saliant; the fourt, passand I-wis. 1590Spenser F.Q. iii. i. 4 His goodly shield That bore a Lion passant in a golden field. 1594Kyd Cornelia v. 207 Passant regardant softly they [two lions] retyre. 1610J. Guillim Heraldry iii. xii. (1660) 156 A Leopard or Wolfe, must be portrayed going..step by step; which..is termed Passant. 1787Porny Elem. Her. (ed. 4) Dict. Techn. Terms, Passant-gardant, is when an Animal is in the same posture as passant, but with his face turned, so that his eyes are both distinctly seen. 1864Boutell Her. Hist. & Pop. xxi. §2 (ed. 3) 359 An ox of the second, passant over a ford ppr.
†5. Current, in general use, in vogue. Obs.
1611Cotgr., Passant..Passing..; also, passant, currant, verie tollerable. 1619Hales Gold. Rem. ii. (1673) 90 This as yet is all the Newes that is passant. 1646Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. 118 Many opinions are passant concerning the Basilisk. 1680in Howell St. Trials (1816) VII. 1195 Ay, said she,..I believe thou hast no hand in the plot (a casual word that was passant at that time). 1844C. MacFarlane Camp of Refuge I. 67 It came to be a passant saying with men who would describe anything that was super-excellent.
†6. Cursory, done in passing. Obs.
1685J. Scott Chr. Life ii. i. iv. (1686) I. 185 He doth not inspect our Actions with a passant and cursory View, as things of little or no Moment. 1693Sir P. Pett in Bp. Barlow's Rem. Ep. to Rdr. A iv, On a Passant review of what..I wrote to the Bp.
†7. quasi-adv. = en passant, in passing. Obs.
1600W. Watson Decacordon (1602) 162 As is euident by sundrie bookes written, and to be written..and may be gathered passant in these Quodlibets. a1617Bayne Lect. (1634) 112 The eye of the body taketh a double view, the one passent in transitu, the other fixed. 1653H. More Antid. Ath. ii. xii. Schol. §1 (1712) 160 Johnston briefly and as it were passant tells the same story.
‖B. n. |pɑsɑ̃|. [French uses.]
1. One who passes; a passer.
1890Athenæum 18 Jan. 89/2 A constant stream of [Huguenot] refugees passed through the town [Dover]... Amongst the ‘passants’ appears the name of ‘Severin Durfy’.
2. ‘The French term denoting a piping without a cord running through it’ (Caulfeild & Saward Dict. Needlework 1882). |