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Blazoned vs Emblazoned - What's the difference?

blazoned | emblazoned |

As verbs the difference between blazoned and emblazoned

is that blazoned is (blazon) while emblazoned is (emblazon).

As an adjective blazoned

is adorned with a blazon.

blazoned

English

Verb

(head)
  • (blazon)

    • Adjective

    (-)
  • Adorned with a blazon.

    • blazon

    English

    (wikipedia blazon)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (heraldry) A verbal or written description of a coat of arms.
  • * 1894 , James Parker, A Glossary of Terms Used in Heraldry :
    • ...it should never be forgotten that the best blazon is that which is the most perspicuous
  • (heraldry) A formalized language for describing a coat of arms.
  • * 1997 , Gerard J. Brault, Early Blazon :
    • We must banish, therefore, the persistent but wholly erroneous notion that the heralds invented'' many of the terms used in blazon and borrowed the rest from the ''everyday lexicon of terms...
  • (heraldry) A coat of arms or a banner depicting a coat of arms.
  • * Sir Walter Scott
    • Their blazon o'er his towers displayed.
  • Ostentatious display, verbal or otherwise; publication; description; record.
  • * Collier
    • Obtrude the blazon of their exploits upon the company.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Thy tongue, thy face, thy limbs, actions, and spirit, / Do give thee fivefold blazon .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To describe a coat of arms.
  • * Addison
    • the coat of arms, which I am not herald enough to blazon into English
  • * 1889 , Charles Norton Elvin, A Dictionary of Heraldry
    • After Blazoning the Shield, you proceed to the exterior ornaments viz.: The Helmet, Lambrequin, Crest, Supporters, Badge, and Motto
  • To make widely or generally known, to proclaim.
  • * Shakespeare, , Act VI-III:
    • O thou goddess/ thou divine Nature, how thyself thou blazon'st / in these two princely boys.
  • * Trumbull
    • There pride sits blazoned on th' unmeaning brow.
  • * Cowper
    • to blazon his own worthless name
  • To display conspicuously or publicly.
  • To shine; to be conspicuous.
  • To deck; to embellish; to adorn.
  • * Garth
    • She blazons in dread smiles her hideous form.

    Related terms

    * emblazon * device ----

    emblazoned

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (emblazon)

    • emblazon

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To adorn with prominent markings.
  • To inscribe upon.
    • The benefactor's image is emblazoned on our memory.
  • (heraldry) To draw (a coat of arms).
  • To celebrate or extol as with deeds or merit.

    • Derived terms

    * emblazoner * emblazonment