ˈsacripantrare. [a. F. Sacripant, ad.It.Sacripante, a character in Boiardo's Orlando innamorato.] A boastful pretender to valour. 1830W. Taylor Hist.Surv.Germ. Poetry II. 320 He is surprised by a nymph..who is at length seized by the supervening Itifal, a Sacripant of knighthood.