Meanings
comparative more suant · superlative most suant · alternative suent
- CornwalldialectalobsoleterareSmooth, or proceeding smoothly.
comparative more suant · superlative most suant · alternative suent
- dialectalobsoleterareSmoothly; without difficulty.
Peter and his wife did not get on very "suant" together.
1899, Sabine Baring-Gould, Book of the West, page 2521 more example
When all sems gwayin' suant, Jist when 'e sem 'e've schuled ther hart, […]
1867, William Frederick Rock, Jim and Nell: A Dramatic Poem in the Dialect of North Devon, page 11
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Latinsequor
- Old Frenchsuiant
- Anglo-Normansuant
- Middle Englishsuant“following”
- Englishsuant
From Middle English suant (“following”), from Anglo-Norman suant, from Old French suiant, sivant, present participle of sivre (“to follow”), from Latin sequor.
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