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- Latin · derived fromlātrans“barking, ranting”
- English todaylatrant
From Latin lātrans (“barking, ranting”), present participle of lātrāre (“to bark, to rant”). Equivalent to latrate + -ant.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Synonym of barking, particularly (figurative) snarling, bitterly or angrily complaining. Full definition →