ovant

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/ˈəʊvənt/

adjective

exultant

OriginLatin ovans →
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Meanings

adjectiveovant (comparative more ovant, superlative most ovant)

comparative more ovant · superlative most ovant

  1. obsoleteexultant

    A Generall was said to enter Ovant into the citie, when ordinarily without his armie following him, he went on foot, or rode on horsebacke only, and the people in their Acclamations for joy, redoubled Ohe, or Oho.

    1659, T[itus] Livius [i.e., Livy], “[Book IV]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Romane Historie […], London: […] W. Hunt, for George Sawbridge, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinovans“triumphant”
  2. Englishovant

From Latin ovans (“triumphant”), present participle of ovare (“to exult”).

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APA

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MLA

“ovant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ovant. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ovant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ovant.

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