Riant

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Riant \Ri`ant"\, a. [F. riant, p. pr. of rire to laugh, L.
     ridere.]
     Laughing; laughable; exciting gayety; gay; merry; delightful
     to the view, as a landscape.
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           In such cases the sublimity must be drawn from the
           other sources, with a strict caution, howewer, against
           anything light and riant.                --Burke.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  riant
       adj : showing or feeling mirth or pleasure or happiness; "laughing
             children" [syn: {laughing(a)}]