Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In heraldry, rearing on its hind legs: said of a horse. Also
frighted .
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- adjective Rearing on the
hind legs.
Etymologies
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From French forcené ("rabid"), past participle of forcener ("to go mad, become enraged"), from Middle French, from Old French forsener ("to be mad with rage") (compare Old French forsenede ("one who has lost his mind")), from for- + sen ("sense, reason, mind"), Frankish *sinn, *sinno ("sense, mind, judgement"), from Proto-Germanic *sinnaz (“sense, mind, wisdom, meaning”), from Proto-Indo-European *sent- (“to feel”). Cognate with German Sinn ("sense, meaning, mind"), Dutch zin ("sense, desire"). More at for-, sense.
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hernesheir commented on the word forcené
Another heraldry term.
December 12, 2010