ovant
English
Etymology
From Latin ovans (“triumphant”), present participle of ovare (“to exult”).
Adjective
ovant (comparative more ovant, superlative most ovant)
- (obsolete) exultant
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Related terms
- ovation
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ovant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Latin
Verb
ovant
- third-person plural present active indicative of ovō
Swedish
Adjective
ovant
- absolute indefinite neuter form of ovan.