altivolant

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English

Etymology

From Latin altivolans. See volant.

Adjective

altivolant (comparative more altivolant, superlative most altivolant)

(obsolete) Flying high; soaring.
- 1833, William Ellis Wall, Christ Crucified:
  So he thus
  Repuls'd the tempter, who, not yet abash'd,
  Bore him altivolant from Salem's tow'rs

Translations

flying high

Portuguese: altivolante, altívolo

References

“altivolant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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