decrescent

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English

Etymology

From decressant, from Anglo-Norman , present participle of decreistre (“to decrease”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

decrescent (comparative more decrescent, superlative most decrescent)

  1. Becoming gradually less; diminishing.
  2. Waning.
    a decrescent moon

Noun

decrescent (plural decrescents)

A decrescent gules.
Clockwise from the dexter chief (the viewer's top left) : a heraldic crescent (gules), a crescent pendent (azure), a decrescent (tenné i.e. orange), and an increscent (vert).
  1. (heraldry) A crescent oriented with horns turned to sinister (pointing to the viewer's right).

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References

  • Chambers's Etymological Dictionary, 1896, p. 114

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Latin

Verb

dēcrēscent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of dēcrēscō
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