Associations to the word «Passant»
Noun
Adjective
Wiktionary
PASSANT, adjective. (heraldry) (of a four-legged animal) Walking, usually to the right, and looking straight ahead with the right forepaw raised from the ground. [from 15th c.]
PASSANT, adjective. (obsolete) Currently in use; in vogue. [17th-19th c.]
Dictionary definition
PASSANT, adjective. In walking position with right foreleg raised.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.