suant
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English suant (“following”),[1] from Anglo-Norman suant, from Old French suiant, sivant, present participle of sivre (“to follow”), from Latin sequor.
Adjective[edit]
suant (comparative more suant, superlative most suant)
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Adverb[edit]
suant (comparative more suant, superlative most suant)
- (obsolete or dialectal, rare) Smoothly; without difficulty.
- 1899, Sabine Baring-Gould, Book of the West[1], page 252:
- Peter and his wife did not get on very "suant" together.
Synonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “suant”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Verb[edit]
suant
Dalmatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
suant
Noun[edit]
suant m
French[edit]
Participle[edit]
suant
Adjective[edit]
suant (feminine suante, masculine plural suants, feminine plural suantes)
Further reading[edit]
- “suant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
suant
Old French[edit]
Verb[edit]
suant
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- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sekʷ- (follow)
- English terms inherited from Middle English
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- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Latin
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