mountant
English
Etymology
Adjective
mountant (comparative more mountant, superlative most mountant)
- (archaic) Rising
- 1607, William Shakespeare, The Life of Timon of Athens:
- Hold up, you sluts, / Your aprons mountant
Noun
mountant (plural mountants)
- (microscopy) The medium used for mounting a slide
- (photography, dated) The adhesive used to affix a photograph to a mount
Related terms
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French montant; equivalent to mounten + -ant.
Pronunciation
Noun
mountant (plural mountantes)
Descendants
- English: montant
References
- “mǒuntaunt (n.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-08.
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