aidant
English
Etymology
From Middle English aydaunt, aydant, a borrowing from Old French aidant, from the verb aidier (“to aid, to help”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeɪ.dənt/
Adjective
aidant (comparative more aidant, superlative most aidant)
- (obsolete) helpful, assisting
- c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
- All you unpublished virtues of the earth, / Spring with my tears, be aidant and remediate / In the good man's distress!
Noun
aidant (plural aidants)
- (rare) One who or that which aids; a helper.
- 1883, Nathaniel Cleveland Moak, Reports of Cases Decided by the English Courts, page 540:
- He said, "The court is now called upon to be an aidant to the enforcement of a judgment in rem, given by the Portuguese court," and then he said […]
- 1975, D. O. Wolfenbarger, Factors Affecting Dispersal Distances of Small Organisms, page 140:
- More hindrances appear evident than aidants, or perhaps more about hindrances and barriers is recognized.
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Further reading
- “aidant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Adjective
aidant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular aidant)
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