-
attitude is
specified in the blazon. The
terms expanded and
elevated or
abaissé and
inverted are
similar terms often used
interchangeably in
heraldry but...
-
chevron reversed abased - Per
chevron inverted abaisse [abased], vert and gules, a
chevron inverted abaisse [abased], in
chief a
double warded key erect...
- to the dexter) and the
wings are
shown with the tips upward. Abaisé or
abaissé ("lowered") is when the
eagle is
shown affronté (facing the viewer) and...
-
original French, the name of the
group is a pun: "ABC" is
homophonous with "
abaissé", the "abased people". Thus Hugo
writes that the
society had "as its aim...
- French, the
letters "ABC" are
pronounced identically to the
French word
abaissés, 'the abased'. Ba****l – A
dandy and an
idler from a
peasant background...
-
Nation défiée,
notre puissance ébranlée,
notre prestige international abaissé,
notre place et
notre rôle en
Afrique compromis. Et par qui ? Hélas ! hélas ...
- is a pun, as in
French "ABC" when
pronounced one
letter at a time is "
abaissé",
which is also the word for "lower" (therefore, "Friends of the Lower...
- the
English language.
Contents Top A B C D–I J–R S–Z See also
References abaisse abandon abandonment abase (Old Fr. abaissier)
abash (Old Fr. esbaïr) abate...
- by
Victor Hugo. In French, the name of the
society is a pun, in
which abaissés ('the abased', 'humiliated', 'degraded') is
pronounced [abese], very similar...
- défunte vêtue d'une
longue tunique; elle est figurée debout, le bras
gauche abaissé, le bras
droit ramené sur la
poitrine et
tenant une grenade... Plus récemment...
