cressaunt

Middle English

Alternative forms

• cressant, cressawnt, cressent

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman cressaunt and continental Old French creissant, both from Latin crēscēns, crēscentem; equivalent to cresen +‎ -ant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krɛˈsau̯nt/, /ˈkrɛsau̯nt/

Noun

cressaunt

1. crescent (shape or heraldic charge)
2. (rare) crescent (of the moon)

Descendants

• English: crescent

References

• “cressaunt, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.