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 sequor.
Adjective
suant (comparative more suant, superlative most suant)
- (obsolete or dialectal, rare) Smooth, or proceeding smoothly.
Derived terms
- suantly
See also
Adverb
suant (comparative more suant, superlative most suant)
- (obsolete or dialectal, rare) Smoothly; without difficulty.
Related terms
English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sekʷ- (3 c, 0 e)
References
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “suant”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Catalan
French
Further reading
- “suant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Latin
Old French
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