riant

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And in June! the most blossoming, riant, feminine time of the year.

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  1. adjective Cheerful; mirthful.

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  • Vous verrez un philosophe moral et pratique; gay, riant, a cent lieues de la pedanterie des notres. —  Life of Adam Smith
  • Mae polisiau cynllunio yn aml yn penderfynu os ydi pobl yn gallu byw yn y pentrefi lle cawsant eu magu, os ydynt yn gallu byw yn agos at gefnogaeth eu teulu estynedig - rhywbeth sy'n bwysig os ydi'r ddau riant yn gallu cael mynedoiad llawn i'r farchnad waith. —  Blogiadur.com
  • Vous verrez un philosophe moral et pratique; gay, riant, ΰ cent lieues de la pιdanterie des nτtres. —  Life of Adam Smith
  • It is what the French call un paysage riant, and I assure you, it does more than smile these lovely June mornings. —  A Hilltop on the Marne Being Letters Written June 3-September 8, 1914
  • He gazed at Zayn al-Asnam with a gladsome aspect and a riant, whereat the Prince arose forthright and recited the string of benedictions taught to him by his companion and the King said to him with a smiling favour, "O Zayn al-Asnam, verily I was wont to love thy sire, the Sultan of Bassorah and, when he visited me ever, I used to give him an image of those thou sawest, each cut of a single gem; and thou also shalt presently become to me honoured as thy father and yet more. —  Arabian nights. English
 

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  1. French, present participle of rire, to laugh, from Old French, from Latin rīdēre.

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  1. from French riant (from Latin riden(t-)s), laughing, present participle of rire, laugh, = Provencal rire, rir = Spanish reir = Portuguese rir = Italian ridere, from Latin ridere, laugh: see rident.
 

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