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)

  1. (obsolete or dialectal, rare) Smooth, or proceeding smoothly.

Derived terms[edit]

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Adverb[edit]

suant (comparative more suant, superlative most suant)

  1. (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.

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Related terms[edit]

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sekʷ-‎ (3 c, 0 e)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “suant”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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Catalan[edit]

Verb[edit]

suant

  1. gerund of suar

Dalmatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin sānctus.

Adjective[edit]

suant

  1. holy

Noun[edit]

suant m

  1. saint

French[edit]

Participle[edit]

suant

  1. present participle of suer

Adjective[edit]

suant (feminine suante, masculine plural suants, feminine plural suantes)

  1. sweaty or sweating

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Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

suant

  1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of suō

Old French[edit]

Verb[edit]

suant

  1. present participle of suire
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