cressaunt

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === cressant, cressawnt, cressent === Etymology === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman cressaunt and continental Old French creissant, both from Latin crēscēns, crēscentem; equivalent to cresen +‎ -ant. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /krɛˈsau̯nt/, /ˈkrɛsau̯nt/ === Noun === cressaunt crescent (shape or heraldic charge) (rare) crescent (of the moon) ==== Descendants ==== English: crescent ==== References ==== “cressaunt, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.