gratulant, a.
(ˈgrætjʊlənt)
[ad. L. grātulant-em, pr. pple. of grātulārī (see gratulate).]
Expressing pleasure, joy, or satisfaction; congratulatory.
| 1471 Ripley Comp. Alch. Pref. in Ashm. (1652) 121 Of Hierarchycall Jubylestes the gratulant gloryfycation. 1790 H. Boyd Sheph. Lebanon in Poet. Reg. (1808) 135 The mind expands. Its opening faculties in general blow All gratulant, receive the genial ray. 1794 Coleridge Destiny Nations, The white-robed multitude of slaughtered saints At Heaven's wide-opened portal gratulant Receive some martyr'd patriot. 1868 Milman St. Paul's x. 240 St. Paul's rang with a gratulant thanksgiving. 1897 D. P. Todd in Nation (N.Y.) LXV. 392/3 Hundreds of people..all gratulant to the man whose well-directed munificence had provided [etc.]. |