assurgent
English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin assurgens, present participle of assurgo (“rise up”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ə.ˈsɜː(ɹ).dʒənt/
- (General American) /ə.ˈsɚ.dʒənt/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒənt
Adjective
editassurgent (comparative more assurgent, superlative most assurgent)
- Rising or tending to rise.
- (heraldry) Rising out of the sea.
- 1869, Robert Cooke, The Visitation of London in the Year 1568: Taken by Robert Cooke, Clarenceux King of Arms, and Since Augmented Both with Descents and Arms, page 51:
- A seahorse assurgent per pale or and azure, crined gules.
- (botany) Curving upward.
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- The Manual of Heraldry, Fifth Edition, by Anonymous, London, 1862, online at [1]
Latin
editVerb
editassurgent