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Webster 1913 Edition


Riant


Riˊant′

,
Adj.
[F.
riant
, p. pr. of
rire
to laugh, L.
ridere
.]
Laughing; laughable; exciting gayety; gay; merry; delightful to the view, as a landscape.
In such cases the sublimity must be drawn from the other sources, with a strict caution, howewer, against anything light and
riant
.
Burke.

Webster 1828 Edition


Riant

RI'ANT

,
Adj.
Laughing; exciting laughter. [Not anglicized.]

Definition 2024


riant

riant

English

Adjective

riant (comparative more riant, superlative most riant)

  1. When said of a person or a person's manner: mirthful, cheerful, smiling, light-hearted.
  2. When said of place, landscape or view: having a pleasant appearance, looking bright or cheerful.

French

Pronunciation

Verb

riant

  1. present participle of rire

Adjective

riant m (feminine singular riante, masculine plural riants, feminine plural riantes)

  1. laughing (in the process of laughing)

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Old French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ri.ãnt/

Verb

riant

  1. present participle of rire

Adjective

riant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular riant)

  1. laughing
  2. (by extension) joyous; happy

Declension


Welsh

Noun

riant

  1. Soft mutation of rhiant.