argent
argent is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.(Fig. & Poet.) Whiteness; anything that is white. The polished argent of her breast. Tennyson.
- 2.(Her.) 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.
- 3.Made of silver; of a silvery color; white; shining. Yonder argent fields above. Pope.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- alabaster
- albata
- albification
- argentine
- barium
- blanc
- blanch
- bleach
- blond
- candid
- canescent
- carbonate
- ceruse
- chalk
- chalky
- creamy
- cretaceous
- driven
- eburin
- etiolate
- etiolation
- fair
- high
- hoar
- hoary
- ivory
- lactescence
- lactescent
- lead
- light
- like
- lily
- metal
- milk
- niveous
- oxide
- paper
- pearl
- pearly
- render
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is argent.
- What is whiteness; anything that is white. The polished argent of her breast. Tennyson called?
- What is 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 called?
- What is made of silver; of a silvery color; white; shining. Yonder argent fields above. Pope called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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