suant

English

Etymology

From Middle English suant (“following”), 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

• suantly

See also

• pursuant

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

• smoothly, well, suantly

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *sekʷ-‎ (3 c, 0 e)

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Anagrams

• aunts, Nsuta, tsuna, tuans, astun, Antus, tunas, Satun, tansu

Catalan

Verb

suant

1. gerund of suar

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin sānctus.

Adjective

suant

1. holy

Noun

suant m

1. saint

French

Participle

suant

1. present participle of suer

Adjective

suant (feminine suante, masculine plural suants, feminine plural suantes)

1. sweaty or sweating

Further reading

• “suant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• usant

Latin

Verb

suant

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of suō

Old French

Verb

suant

1. present participle of suire