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argent
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun argent has 1 sense
- argent(n = noun.substance) Array - a metal tincture used in heraldry to give a silvery appearance; Array is a kind of tincture
Derived form adjective argent1
Adjective argent has 1 sense
- argent(s = adj.all) silver, silverish, silvery - of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver; "silvery hair" Derived form noun argent1
CIDE DICTIONARY
argent, n. [F. argent, fr. L. argentum, silver; akin to Gr. 'a`rgyros silver, 'argo`s, 'argh`s, white, bright, Skr. rajata white, silver, raj to shine, Ir. arg white, milk, airgiod silver, money, and L. arguere to make clear. See Argue.].
- Silver, or money. [1913 Webster]
- Whiteness; anything that is white. [1913 Webster]"The polished argent of her breast." [1913 Webster]
- The white color in coats of arms, intended to represent silver, or, figuratively, purity, innocence, beauty, or gentleness; -- represented in engraving by a plain white surface. Weale. [1913 Webster]
argent, a.
Made of silver; of a silvery color; white; shining. [1913 Webster]
"Yonder argent fields above."
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ROGET THESAURUS
argent
Whiteness
N whiteness, argent, albification, etiolation, lactescence, snow, paper, chalk, milk, lily, ivory, alabaster, albata, eburin, German silver, white metal, barium sulphate, titanium oxide, blanc fixe, ceruse, pearl white, white lead, carbonate of lead, white, milk-white, snow-white, snowy, niveous, candid, chalky, hoar, hoary, silvery, argent, argentine, canescent, cretaceous, lactescent, whitish, creamy, pearly, fair, blond, blanched, high in tone, light, white as a sheet, white as driven snow, white as a lily, white as silver, like ivory, whiteness, argent, albification, etiolation, lactescence, snow, paper, chalk, milk, lily, ivory, alabaster, albata, eburin, German silver, white metal, barium sulphate, titanium oxide, blanc fixe, ceruse, pearl white, white lead, carbonate of lead, white, milk-white, snow-white, snowy, niveous, candid, chalky, hoar, hoary, silvery, argent, argentine, canescent, cretaceous, lactescent, whitish, creamy, pearly, fair, blond, blanched, high in tone, light, white as a sheet, white as driven snow, white as a lily, white as silver, like ivory.
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