addorsed

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adjective

Set back to back, facing away from each other.

Opposite
affronté
OriginLatin ad →
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Meanings

adjectiveaddorsed (not comparable)
  1. not comparablegovernmentSet 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

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of addorse

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveSet back to back, facing away from each other.

Opposite
affronté

Origin

  1. Latinad
  2. Englishaddorsed

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

More words from Latin

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Finnish selin
  • selinset back to back
French adossés
  • adossésset back to back
Swedish frånvänd
  • frånvändset back to back
Cite this entry
APA

addorsed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/addorsed

MLA

“addorsed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/addorsed. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “addorsed,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/addorsed.

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