different between valiant vs orped

English

Etymology

From Middle English vailaunt (“having or showing courage or valour, valiant; characterized by valour; powerful, strong; person of valour or strength; excellent, worthy; beneficial, useful; valuable; legally valid, binding”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman vaillaunt, vaylant [and other forms], and Old French vailant, vaillant (“brave, valiant; having value, valuable”) [and other forms], from the present participle of valoir (“to have value; to be worth”), from Latin val?re, the present active infinitive of vale? (“to have value; to be worth; to be strong; to have influence or power”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?welh?- (“powerful, strong; to rule”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?væ.lj?nt/, /?va.l?.?nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?væ.lj?nt/
• Hyphenation: va?liant, va?li?ant

Adjective

valiant (comparative more valiant, superlative most valiant)

1. Possessing or showing courage or determination; brave, heroic.

   Synonyms: bold, valorous; see also Thesaurus:brave

   Antonyms: see Thesaurus:cowardly
2. Characterized by or done with bravery or valour.

Alternative forms

• valiaunt (obsolete)

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

valiant (plural valiants)

1. (obsolete) A person who acts with valour, showing hero-like characteristics in the midst of danger.

References

Further reading

• valiant (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Latvian, Talivan

English

Alternative forms

• orpit (Scotland)
• horpyd (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English orped, from Old English orped (“grown up, adult, of full strength, stout, active, bold”), probably from or- (“without”) + p?d (“shirt, outer garment”), equivalent to or- +? pod.

Adjective

orped (comparative more orped, superlative most orped)

1. (dialectal or archaic) Bold; brave; valiant.

Derived terms

• orpedly

Anagrams

• Pedro, doper, pored, repod, roped

Middle English

Alternative forms

• orpede, orpud

Etymology

Inherited from Old English orped.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??rp?d/

Adjective

orped

1. brave, daring, powerful, amazing

Derived terms

• orpedliche

Descendants

• English: orped (archaic)
• Scots: orpit (obsolete)

References

• “orped, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-4.