Meanings
- not comparablegovernmentRearing on the hind legs. (When another animal has this posture, it is termed rampant.)
[…] leading troops in the background, his horse forcené, his right arm gesturing both ahead to the summit and.
2022 January 18, Charles Caramello, Riding to Arms: A History of Horsemanship and Mounted Warfare, University Press of Kentucky, →ISBN1 more example
[…] sinister parted per fess Gules and Azure, in chief a horse forcené Argent between in sinister chief and dexter base an ancient crown Or, and in base a cross Gules fimbriated Argent between in each quarter five plates in saltire,[…]
2021 October 13, Judith Nasby, The Making of a Museum, McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, →ISBN, page 122
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Frankish*sinn“sense, mind, judgement”
- Old Frenchforsener“to be mad with rage”
- Frenchforcené“rabid”
- Englishforcené
From French forcené (“rabid”), past participle of forcener (“to go mad, become enraged”), from Middle French, from Old French forsener (“to be mad with rage”) (compare Old French forsenede (“one who has lost his mind”)), from for- + sen (“sense, reason, mind”), from Frankish *sinn (“sense, mind, judgement”). Cognate with German Sinn (“sense, meaning, mind”), Dutch zin (“sense, desire”). More at for-, sense.
More words from French, Old French, Frankish
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