tergiant

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adjective

Showing its back, having its back turned to the viewer.

“For quotations using this term, see Citations:tergiant.”

Similar
recursanten arrière
OriginLatin tergum →
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Meanings

adjectivetergiant (not comparable)
  1. not comparablegovernmentShowing its back, having its back turned to the viewer.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:tergiant.

    1 more example

    Tortoise [:] this animal is usually borne displayed tergiant in fesse, which position is sometimes described as passant. The term gradient seems to be used to mean the same, and tergiant seems to be implied though not expressed.

    1894, Henry Gough, James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry, page 578

    Synonyms: recursant, en arrière

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveShowing its back, having its back turned to the viewer.

Similar
recursanten arrière
Also see
en arrièrerecursant

Origin

  1. Latintergum
  2. Englishtergiant

Ultimately from Latin tergum.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

treating
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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