Definition of Affronte

1. in heraldry, facing each other [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Affronte

affriended
affright
affrighted
affrightedly
affrighten
affrightened
affrightening
affrightens
affrighter
affrighters
affrightful
affrighting
affrightment
affrights
affront
affronte (current term)
affronted
affrontedly
affrontedness
affrontee
affrontees
affronter
affrontery
affronting
affrontingly
affrontingness
affrontive
affrontively
affrontiveness
affronts

Literary usage of Affronte

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Miniaturists, Illuminators, Calligraphers, and Copyists by John William Bradley (1889)
"are d'er, a 3 marmites (cooking-pots) de sa., les deux du chef affronte'es. Those of Fabrizio, Marchese di Cerchiara and Principe di Terra- nova, &c., ..."

2. Les soirées de Saint-Pétersbourg, ou Entretiens sur le gouvernement temporel by Joseph de Maistre (1821)
"Russe, le plus hardi et le plus entreprenant des hommes, et qu'il ne manque surtout jamais de prononcer lorsqu'il affronte les dangers les plus terribles et ..."

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