Meanings
arent1
comparative more arent · superlative most arent
- obsoleterareDrying out, parching, withering.
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The Lyon alſo is a ſignification of the ſunne, for the haires of his mane do reſemble the ſtreaming beames of the ſunne, and therefore this conſtellation is ſtiled vvith the ſame epithites that the Lyon and the Sun are, as heate-bearing, æſtiue, ardent, arent, calent, hot, flammant, burning, Herculean, mad, horrible, dreadfull, cruell, and terrible.
1607, Conradus Gesnerus [i.e., Conrad Gessner]; Edward Topsell, “Of the Lyon”, in The Historie of Foure-footed Beastes. […], London: […] William Iaggard, →OCLC, page 485Synonyms: desiccating, exsiccating
arent2
- misspellingMisspelling of aren't.
Arent3
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveDrying out, parching, withering.
Origin
arent · adjective
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂eHs-“to be dry; to dry; to burn; ashes”
- Latinārentem
- Englisharent
Learned borrowing from Latin ārentem, the accusative singular form of ārēns (“drying, parching; withering”), the present participle of āreō (“to be dry or parched; to be dried up or withered”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- (“to be dry; to dry; to burn; ashes”).
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