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adj
Pointed, as a cross, or having a point projected, as a bend; varriated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
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Synonyms: aiguisé
Antonyms: none provided
History
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.
