English Explanatory Dictionary

trippant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Represented as walking or trotting, usually with one of the forehooves lifted while the remaining three are on the ground.

Word forms

trippant tripping

Etymology

From trip + -ant, alteration of tripping, present participle of trip. Compare Scots trippand (“tripping”), present participle of trip (“to skip, go nimbly, trip”).

Derived words

countertrippant trippant-counter
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