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Argent

//ˈɑːdʒənt// adj, name, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of silver or silver-coloured. not-comparable

    "Or ask of yonder argent fields above, / Why Jove's Satellites are leſs than Jove?"

  2. 2
    of white or silver tincture on a coat of arms. not-comparable

    "... when the shield is argent, it is shown in an engraving by being left plain."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    The metal silver. archaic, countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a metal tincture used in heraldry to give a silvery appearance wordnet
  3. 3
    The white or silver tincture on a coat of arms. countable, uncountable

    "The metals are gold and silver, these being termed "or" and "argent"."

  4. 4
    Whiteness; anything that is white. archaic, countable, poetic, uncountable

    "The polish'd argent of her breast."

  5. 5
    A moth of the genus Argyresthia. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English argent, from Old French argent m (“silver”), from Latin argentum n (“white money, silver”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English argent, from Old French argent m (“silver”), from Latin argentum n (“white money, silver”).

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