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Synonyms for crescent

Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : kres-uh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkrɛs ənt

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Définition of crescent

Origin :
  • late 14c., "crescent-shaped ornament," from Anglo-French cressaunt, from Old French creissant "crescent of the moon" (12c., Modern French croissant), from Latin crescentum (nominative crescens), present participle of crescere "come forth, spring up, grow, thrive, swell, increase in numbers or strength," from PIE root *ker- "to grow" (cf. Latin Ceres, goddess of agriculture, creare "to bring forth, create, produce;" Greek kouros "boy," kore "girl;" Armenian serem "bring forth," serim "be born").
  • Applied in Latin to the waxing moon, luna crescens, but subsequently in Latin mistaken to refer to the shape, not the stage. The original Latin sense is preserved in crescendo. A badge or emblem of the Turkish sultans (probably chosen for its suggestion of "increase"); figurative sense of "Muslim political power" is from 1580s, but modern writers often falsely associate it with the Saracens of the Crusades or the Moors of Spain. Horns of the waxing moon are on the viewer's left side; those of the waning moon are on his right.
  • adj sickle-shaped
  • noun sickle-shaped object
Example sentences :
  • Dare you to wear your brother's coat without the crescent which should stamp you as his cadet.
  • Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • But was the "star and crescent" the symbol of the City of Constantine?
  • Extract from : « The Non-Christian Cross » by John Denham Parsons
  • Diana had sped an arrow from her bow that is like the crescent moon.
  • Extract from : « Old Greek Folk Stories Told Anew » by Josephine Preston Peabody
  • The crescent moon and the stars filtered down a tinsel light.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • There was one born in the sky, sir, the day I was christened with a Turkish crescent.
  • Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
  • He had begun to justify himself to their crescent belief in him, the product of the years.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown
  • To defeat the Crescent was the highest ideal of that chivalric age.
  • Extract from : « A Short History of Spain » by Mary Platt Parmele
  • There was a little silver moon—Diana's moon, the crescent of the huntress.
  • Extract from : « Glory of Youth » by Temple Bailey
  • It looked like a crescent moon, and had been there ever since he could remember.
  • Extract from : « Darry the Life Saver » by Frank V. Webster
  • One looks up at the moon, at a time when only a crescent of it is visible.
  • Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
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