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fess
fess
English
Verb
fess (third-person singular simple present fesses, present participle fessing, simple past and past participle fessed)
- To confess; to admit.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old French fesse, an alteration of faisse, from Latin fascia
Alternative forms
Noun
fess (plural fesses)
- (heraldry) A horizontal band across the middle of the shield.
- 1892, Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor’, Norton 2005 p.294:
- Lord Robert Walsingham de Vere St. Simon, second son of the Duke of Balmoral—Hum! Arms: Azure, three caltrops in chief over a fess sable.
- 2009, Hilary Mantel, Wolf Hall, Fourth Estate 2010, p. 420:
- The space where the arms of Wolsey used to be is being repainted with his own newly granted arms: azure, on a fess between three lions rampant or, a rose gules, barbed vert, between two Cornish choughs proper.
- 1892, Arthur Conan Doyle, ‘The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor’, Norton 2005 p.294:
Translations
band
Hungarian
Etymology
From Viennese German fesch (“smart, stylish”), from English fashionable.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈfɛʃː]
Adjective
fess (comparative fessebb, superlative legfessebb)
Old Irish
Verb
·fess
- passive singular perfect prototonic of ro·finnadar
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
·fess | ·ḟess | ·fess pronounced with /-v(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |