English Explanatory Dictionary

urdé

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Pointed, as a cross, or having a point projected, as a bend; varriated.

Word forms

urdé urdy urdée

Etymology

Possibly from a misreading of French [croix] vidée (“reduced [cross]”), in croix aiguisée et vidée, a cross pointed and reduced or voided. Alternatively, from Anglo-Norman urdee, ordé (“pointed”), ultimately from Frankish *ord (“point”), from Proto-Germanic *uzdaz (“point”). More at English ord.

Synonyms

aiguisé
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