(n.) An heraldic shield; a coat of arms, or a bearing on a coat of arms; armorial bearings.
(n.) The art or act of describing or depicting heraldic bearings in the proper language or manner.
(n.) Ostentatious display, either by words or other means; publication; show; description; record.
(v. t.) To depict in colors; to display; to exhibit conspicuously; to publish or make public far and wide.
(v. t.) To describe in proper terms (the figures of heraldic devices); also, to delineate (armorial bearings); to emblazon.
(v. i.) To shine; to be conspicuous.
Example Sentences:
(1) You can almost hear some judge, nose wrinkled in disgust, saying the activities here should have been "reported to the proper authorities, not blazoned across the media".
(2) For nearly 80 years, the steel-and-concrete hospital, armoured in reddish-brown tapestry brick, blazoned with grey stone and towering over the neighbourhood, had defended those inside it against every capricious punch the Gulf's weather systems had thrown.
(3) "Women these days wear a virtual armour," he complained to Clive James in 1984, before providing a virtual blazon: "tights, panties, blue jeans, belt, as though they were afraid of constant aggression.
(4) Beyoncé, in the midst of an epic 15 minute medley at Sunday night’s MTV Video Music awards, performed her song “Flawless” in front of a giant screen blazoned with the word “FEMINIST”.
(5) Lucy is a raver and former wild-child, her laptop cover bearing a rainbow blazon of the Sanskrit word Om.
Emblaze
Definition:
(v. t.) To adorn with glittering embellishments.
(v. t.) To paint or adorn with armorial figures; to blazon, or emblazon.