effrayé
See also: effraye
French
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Participle
editeffrayé (feminine effrayée, masculine plural effrayés, feminine plural effrayées)
Adjective
editeffrayé
- (heraldry) of a quadruped, especially a horse: represented standing on its hind legs, and giving the impression of beating the air with its front legs
Usage notes
edit- Compare acculé (of a quadruped, especially a horse), cabré (of a horse), effaré (of a horse), effarouché (of a cat), forcené (of a horse), furieux (of a bull).
Further reading
edit- “effrayé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.