irradiated en · ADJ
Meanings
- Emitted outwards from a centre like rays.
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Having rays; radiant.
[...] in her dexter hand a pair of scales or, and in her sinister a touchstone sable, her head irradiated.
1915, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, The Book of Public Arms, London : T.C. & E.C. Jack, page 326:A Lion of England imperially crowned, between three roses gules in chief, and as many argent in base, barbed, seeded, and irradiated or […]
1893, John Edwin Cussans, Handbook of Heraldry, page 277:[...] a naked child seized by a bear passant sable semee d'estoiles or, on a chief argent three roses gules irradiated.
1897, William Kirkpatrick Riland Bedford, The Blazon of Episcopacy … of England and Wales, page 187:Quarterly : 1st and 4th, Sable, a fesse wavy between two estoiles irradiated argent, Drake; 2nd, Gules, on a bend or, a baton azure, on a chief the arms of[…]
1902, Joseph Jackson Howard, Visitation of England and Wales, page 1:Crest — Rising from the top of a lighthouse argent irradiated or a martlet azure.
2020 April 20, Susan Morris, Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage 2019, eBook Partnership, →ISBN, page 2780:Azure, on a cross quarterly pierced or, four chevrons gules, with an honourable augmentation, a chief argent, thereon a rose gules, irradiated gold, within a wreath of oak proper.
1899, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, Armorial Families, page 878:Per Fess, Or, and Argent, a Rose irradiated Gules, therefrom issuant two Griphons' heads addorsed Sable. William Barlow.
1829, Stephen Hyde Cassan, Lives of the bishops of Bath and Wells, page 65:
- Having been exposed to radiation (as for example by imaging, food-safety sterilization, or a nuclear blast).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most irradiated | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more irradiated | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
nonirradiated · postirradiated · microirradiated · unirradiated · preirradiated · inirradiated