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crescent

noun
/ˈkɹɛ.zənt/UK/ˈkɹɛ.sənt/US

Etymology

From Middle English cressaunt, from Anglo-Norman cressaunt and Old French creissant (“crescent of the moon”) (French croissant), from Latin crēscēns, present active participle of crēscō (“arise, thrive”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱreh₁- (“to grow”). See Old Armenian սերիմ (serim, “be born”) and սերեմ (serem, “bring forth”), Ancient Greek κόρη (kórē, “girl”) and κούρος (koúros, “boy”), Latin creāre (“produce, create, bring forth”) and Ceres (“goddess of agriculture”). Doublet of croissant. The pronunciation with /z/ is a comparatively recent innovation due to the influence of words such as pheasant and present.

  1. derived from *ḱer-✻
  2. derived from crēscēns
  3. derived from creissant
  4. derived from cressaunt
  5. inherited from cressaunt

Definitions

  1. The figure of the moon as it appears between its first or last quarter and the new moon,…

    The figure of the moon as it appears between its first or last quarter and the new moon, with concave and convex edges terminating in points.

  2. Something shaped like a crescent, especially

    Something shaped like a crescent, especially:

  3. A crescent spanner.

  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. Any of three orders of knighthood conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be…

      Any of three orders of knighthood conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services.

      • Sebastiani receives publicly the Sultan's thanks, and is decorated with the Order of the Crescent

    2. A crescentspot butterfly.

    3. marked by an increase

      marked by an increase; waxing, like the Moon.

      • For nature creſſant does not grovve alone / In thevvs and bulkes, but as this temple vvaxes, / The invvard ſervice of the minde and ſoule / Grovves vvide vvithal, […]
      • O, I see the crescent promise of my spirit hath not set.
      • crescent problems which have to be faced by a large part of humanity

    4. Shaped like a crescent.

      • Astarte, queen of heaven, with crescent horns.

    5. To form a crescent shape

      • A dark wood crescents more than half the lawn

    6. To decorate with crescents.

    7. A number of places in the United States

      A number of places in the United States:

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Derived

crescentchest, Crescent City, crescent fresh, Crescent Head, crescentic, crescentiform, crescentlike, crescent moon, crescentoid, crescent roll, crescent-shaped, Crescent Springs, Crescent Valley, crescentwise, crescent wrench, equicrescent, Fertile Crescent, Golden Crescent, La Crescent, Mornington Crescent, Red Crescent, semicrescent, Turkish crescent, yellow-crescent blister beetle

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at crescent. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at crescent. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

6 hops · closes at crescent

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA