scanted

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adjective

Diminished; restricted.

First used 16th c.Scrabble 10
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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of scant
adjectivescanted (comparative more scanted, superlative most scanted)

comparative more scanted · superlative most scanted

  1. archaicDiminished; restricted.First known use 16th c.

    Subdue desire, and bridle loose delight; / Use scanted diet, and forbeare your fill […]

    1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
    1 more example

    […] their generations are neither extinct nor scanted, but are as plentiful as any Creatures on the Land.

    1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 67

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

descant
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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

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