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armipotent, a.|ɑːˈmɪpətənt|
[ad. L. armipotent-em, f. arma arms + potens, -tentem powerful.]
Mighty in arms: originally an epithet of Mars.
c1386Chaucer Knt.'s T. 1124 Ther stood the tempul of Marz armypotent. 1513Douglas æneis vi. xiv. 83 And of Achillis armypotent ofspring. 1600Fairfax Tasso iii. lxx, Our God the Lord Armipotent. a1717Parnell Poet. Wks. (1833) 46 'Twas thus the' armipotent advised the gods. 1827Hare Guesses Ser. i. (1873) 86 So ought England..to plant..English manliness, English freedom..wherever the simple natives bow to her armipotent sceptre. |