debruised

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adjective

Surmounted by an ordinary (or something else).

“A lion is debruised when a bend or other ordinary is placed over it.”

OriginOld French debruisier →
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Meanings

adjectivedebruised (not comparable)
  1. not comparablegovernmentSurmounted by an ordinary (or something else).

    A lion is debruised when a bend or other ordinary is placed over it.

    2 more examples

    The lion of England and the lilies of France without the baton sinister, under which, according to the laws of heraldry, they were debruised in token of his illegitimate birth.

    1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter II, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC

    Serpent, embowed, the head debruised, or surmounted of the tail; also blazoned, […]

    1828, William Berry, Encyclopaedia Heraldica, Or Complete Dictionary of Heraldry, page 5

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
bruised

Origin

  1. Old Frenchdebruisier“to shatter, break”
  2. Englishdebruised

See debruise. Compare Old French debruisier (“to shatter, break”). Compare bruise.

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APA

debruised. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debruised

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“debruised.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debruised. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “debruised,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debruised.

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