different between guardant vs regardant

English

Alternative forms

• gardant

Etymology

From Old French guardant, present participle of guarder.

Adjective

guardant (not comparable)

1. (heraldry, of an animal) Positioned with the body viewed from the side, but with the head turned toward the viewer

Translations

Noun

guardant (plural guardants)

1. (obsolete) A guardian.
   • 1592, William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 1

     But when my angry guardant stood alone, / Tendering my ruin and assail'd of none, / Dizzy-eyed fury and great rage of heart / Suddenly made him from my side to start / Into the clustering battle of the French.

Catalan

Verb

guardant

1. present participle of guardar

Middle French

Verb

guardant (feminine singular guardante, masculine plural guardans, feminine plural guardantes)

1. present participle of guarder
2. (may be preceded by en, invariable) gerund of guarder

Old French

Verb

guardant

1. present participle of guarder

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman regardant, Middle French regardant.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??????dn?t/

Adjective

regardant (not comparable)

1. (heraldry, of an animal): with the head turned toward the back of the body. [from 15th c.]
2. Watchful, attentive; contemplative. [from 16th c.]
   • 1613, John Marston, William Barksted, The Insatiate Countess, II.3:

     To horse, to horse: thus once Eurydice, / With looks regardant, did the Thracian gaze […].

   • 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 183]:

     And now others, casually regardant, passed the place in automobiles ….

Related terms

• guardant

French

Pronunciation

Verb

regardant

1. present participle of regarder

Adjective

regardant (feminine singular regardante, masculine plural regardants, feminine plural regardantes)

1. miserly, stingy

Further reading

• “regardant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).