Riant, a.

(rē/ŏng'), a. [Fr. riant, p. pr. of rire, to laugh, from Lat. ridere.] Laughing; exciting gayety; delightful to the view, as a landscape. [Not Anglicized.]

In such cases the sublimity must be drawn from the other sources, with a strict caution, however, against any thing light or riant. Burke.