semblant

Semblant

Sem"blant\, a. [F. semblant, p. pr.]

1. Like; resembling. [Obs.] --Prior.

2. Seeming, rather than real; apparent. [R.] --Carlyle.

Webster's Revised

Semblant

Sem"blant\, n. [F.]

1. Show; appearance; figure; semblance. [Obs.] --Spenser.

His flatterers made semblant of weeping. --Chaucer.

2. The face. [Obs.] --Wyclif (Luke xxiv. 5).

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Semblant is always a great word to know.

So is callithumpian. Does it mean:

an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.

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