altivolant

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adjective

Flying high; soaring.

OriginLatin altivolans →
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Meanings

adjectivealtivolant (comparative more altivolant, superlative most altivolant)

comparative more altivolant · superlative most altivolant

  1. obsoleteFlying high; soaring.

    So he thus Repuls'd the tempter, who, not yet abash'd, Bore him altivolant from Salem's tow'rs

    1833, William Ellis Wall, Christ Crucified

Origin

  1. Latinaltivolans
  2. Englishaltivolant

From Latin altivolans. See volant.

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Translations

Portuguese altivolante, altívolo
  • altivolanteflying high
  • altívoloflying high
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Chicago

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