decrescent

English

Etymology

From decressant, from Anglo-Norman [Term?], present participle of decreistre (“to decrease”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈkɹɛsənt/

Adjective

decrescent (comparative more decrescent, superlative most decrescent)

1. Becoming gradually less; diminishing.
2. Waning.

   a decrescent moon

Noun

decrescent (plural decrescents)

A decrescent gules.

Clockwise from the dexter chief (the viewer's top left) : a heraldic crescent (gules), a crescent pendent (azure), a decrescent (tenné i.e. orange), and an increscent (vert).

1. (heraldry) A crescent oriented with horns turned to sinister (pointing to the viewer's right).

Antonyms

• increscent

Coordinate terms

• in decrement

References

• Chambers's Etymological Dictionary, 1896, p. 114

Anagrams

• crescented

Latin

Verb

dēcrēscent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of dēcrēscō