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triumphant(dictionary)

triumphant (iou)



triumphant adjective & noun. LME.
[Old French (mod. triomphant), or Latin triumphant-, -ans pres. pple of triumphare TRIUMPH verb: see -ANT1.]
A. adjective.
That has achieved victory or success; conquering, victorious. LME.
the Church triumphant: see CHURCH noun 3.
H. J. Laski To emerge triumphant from an ordeal where..he should have failed.
b. transf. Obtained by conquest. rare (Shakes.). Only in L16.
Splendid; magnificent. L15-L17.
= TRIUMPHAL adjective 1. Now rare. M16.
Rejoicing; exultant. L16.
Aldous Huxley His laugh was knowing and triumphant.
B. noun. A victor, a conqueror. M16-E19.
triumphancy noun the state or quality of being triumphant L16.
triumphantly adverb E16.