Crossword clues for decrescent
decrescent
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Decrescent \De*cres"cent\, a. [L. decrescens, p. pr. of decrescere. See Decrease.] Becoming less by gradual diminution; decreasing; as, a decrescent moon.
Decrescent \De*cres"cent\, n. (Her.)
A crescent with the horns directed towards the sinister.
--Cussans.
Wiktionary
a. 1 Becoming gradually less; diminishing. 2 waning. n. (context heraldiccharge English) A crescent oriented with horns turned to sinister (pointing right).
Usage examples of "decrescent".
And he, whom now his ominous halo's round, A three parts blank decrescent sickle, crowned, Prodigious in catastrophe, could wear The realm of Darkness with its Prince's air.
The feeling of movement, through decrescent spirals, was resolved into absolute immobility.
My senses deserted me, and I knew not how long I remained on the damp clay beneath the cypresses, while the horn of a decrescent moon arose in the heavens.
Behind were some violet hills, a green and rose sky with a decrescent moon.