sans
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Middle English sans, borrowed from Old French sans, sens, from Latin sine (“without”) conflated with absēns (“absent, remote”).
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sans
- Without, lacking.
- 1590, William Shaespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, act v, scene 2 (First Folio ed.)
- Ber. […] And to begin Wench, ſo God helpe me law,
My loue to thee is ſound, ſans cracke or flaw.
Roſa. Sans, ſans, I pray you.
- Ber. […] And to begin Wench, ſo God helpe me law,
- 1991, A. R. Morlan, The Amulet, page 212
- But regardless of when Wally had parked himself out in that backyard—sans coat or jacket—somehow, the old lady must have known where Wally would be before he drove out to the Isaacs trailer—or else she followed him out there from his house.
- 1590, William Shaespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, act v, scene 2 (First Folio ed.)
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without
[edit] Adjective
sans (not comparable)
- short for sans serif.
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sans f. pl.
- Plural form of san.
[edit] French
[edit] Etymology
Old French sans, sens, from Latin sine conflated with absentia in the sense "without". Near Cognates include Spanish sin, Portuguese sem, Italian senza, Catalan sens, sense
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sans
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