tergiant

== English == === Etymology === Ultimately from Latin tergum. === Adjective === tergiant (not comparable) (heraldry) Showing its back, having its back turned to the viewer. Alternative form: tergant Synonyms: recursant, en arrière For quotations using this term, see Citations:tergiant. === Further reading === John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “tergant, tergiant, a.”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN. === Anagrams === aretting, treating