cressaunt
Middle English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Anglo-Norman cressaunt and continental Old French creissant, both from Latin crēscēns, crēscēntem; equivalent to cresen + -ant.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcressaunt
Descendants
edit- English: crescent
References
edit- “cressaunt, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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