suant

English

Etymology

From Middle English suant (“following”) [1], from Anglo-Norman suant, from Old French suiant, sivant, present participle of sivre (“to follow”), from Latin *sequere, from sequor

Adjective

suant (comparative more suant, superlative most suant)

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

Derived terms
  • suantly

See also

Adverb

suant (comparative more suant, superlative most suant)

  1. (obsolete or dialectal, rare) Smoothly; without difficulty.
    • 1899, Sabine Baring-Gould, Book of the West‎, page 252:
      Peter and his wife did not get on very "suant" together.

Synonyms
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References
  1. “suant” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

Anagrams

Catalan

Verb

suant

  1. present participle of suar

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin sānctus.

Adjective

suant

  1. holy

Noun

suant m

  1. saint

French

Verb

suant

  1. present participle of suer

Adjective

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

  1. sweaty or sweating

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

suant

  1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of suō

Old French

Verb

suant

  1. present participle of suire
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