"embelif" meaning in English

See embelif in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Middle English embelif (“oblique (adj.); obliquely (adv.)”) (compare Middle English embelink), from Old French en belif / beslif, related to Latin ob-līquus. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|embelif||oblique (adj.); obliquely (adv.)}} Middle English embelif (“oblique (adj.); obliquely (adv.)”), {{m+|enm|embelink}} Middle English embelink, {{der|en|fro|en belif}} Old French en belif, {{der|en|la|oblīquus|ob-līquus}} Latin ob-līquus Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} embelif (not comparable)
  1. (heraldry, postpositive) Oblique. Tags: not-comparable, postpositional Categories (topical): Heraldry
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