suant

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English

Etymology

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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

suant (comparative more suant, superlative most suant)

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

Derived terms

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[1], page 252:
      Peter and his wife did not get on very "suant" together.

Synonyms

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References

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

Anagrams

Catalan

Verb

suant

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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 suante, masculine plural suants, feminine plural suantes)

  1. sweaty or sweating

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) suant

  1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of suō

Old French

Verb

suant

  1. present participle of suire
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