GARDANT

gardant, guardant(ip), ip, full-face

(adjective) looking forward

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

gardant (not comparable)

(heraldry) Turning the head towards the spectator, but not the body.

Source: Wiktionary


Gar"dant, a. Etym: [F. See Guardant.] (Her.)

Definition: Turning the head towards the spectator, but not the body; -- said of a lion or other beast.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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10 March 2025

FABLED

(adjective) celebrated in fable or legend; “the fabled Paul Bunyan and his blue ox”; “legendary exploits of Jesse James”


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According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.

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