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.
- 1899, Sabine Baring-Gould, Book of the West[1], page 252:
- Peter and his wife did not get on very "suant" together.
Synonyms
Related terms
English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sekʷ- (3 c, 0 e)
References
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “suant”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Suant”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Catalan
Verb
suant
- gerund of suar
Dalmatian
Etymology
Adjective
suant
Noun
suant m
French
Participle
suant
- present participle of suer
Adjective
suant (feminine suante, masculine plural suants, feminine plural suantes)
Further reading
- “suant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
suant
- third-person plural present active subjunctive of suō
Old French
Verb
suant
- present participle of suire