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addorsed en · ADJ

Etymology

From Latin ad dorsum (“to the back”). Compare French adossé.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, of animals or wings) Set back to back, facing away from each other.
    • EDGHILL, a falcon, wings addorsed and inverted, supporting with dexter a carved shield, charged with a cinquefoil, […] 2012 February 3, James Fairbairn, Fairbairn’s Crests of the Families of Great Britain and Ireland, Andrews UK Limited, →ISBN, page 165:

Antonyms

affronté

Translations (3)

fi selin (set back to back) · fr adossés (set back to back) · sv frånvänd (set back to back)

addorsed en · VERB

Etymology

From Latin ad dorsum (“to the back”). Compare French adossé.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of addorse
    form of addorse