aidant
English
Etymology
Old French, from the verb aidier (“to aid, to help”).
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈeɪdənt/
Adjective
aidant (comparative more aidant, superlative most aidant)
- (obsolete) helpful, assisting
- 1605, All you unpublished virtues of the earth, / Spring with my tears, be aidant and remediate / In the good man's distress! — William Shakespeare, King Lear IV.iii