altivolant

English

Etymology

From Latin altivolans. See volant.

Adjective

altivolant (comparative more altivolant, superlative most altivolant)

1. (obsolete) Flying high; soaring.
   • 1833, William Ellis Wall, Christ Crucified:

     So he thus
     Repuls'd the tempter, who, not yet abash'd,
     Bore him altivolant from Salem's tow'rs

Translations

flying high

• Portuguese: altivolante, altívolo

References

• “altivolant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.