riante

English

Etymology

From French riante, feminine of riant (“smiling, laughing”). Compare riant.

Adjective

riante (comparative more riante, superlative most riante)

1. (now rare) Cheerful, agreeable (chiefly of a place, landscape etc.); pleasing to look at. [from 18th c.]
   • 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 335:

     Of late, my Fanny, I have found this view too riante […] .

   • 1901, J. M. Hoppin, Great Epochs in Art History:

     The city is antique but riante with broad promenades and trees.

French

Adjective

riante

1. feminine singular of riant

Anagrams

• arétin, entrai, inerta, naitre, naître, raient, renait, renaît, reniât, rentai, tenir à, traine, trainé, traîne, traîné