ovant

English

Etymology

From Latin ovans (“triumphant”), present participle of ovare (“to exult”).

Adjective

ovant (comparative more ovant, superlative most ovant)

  1. (obsolete) exultant
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ovant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Latin

Verb

ovant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of ovō

Swedish

Adjective

ovant

  1. absolute indefinite neuter form of ovan.
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