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adjurant

adjurant adjective: adjuring.

Adjective

adjurant

  1. adjuring
    • From time to time a waiter entered with ice and fruit and dumped them in a bowl; from a suit case under the table Gene drew fresh bottles and decanted them into the bowl; then, proprietorial, adjurant, sweating, he resumed his harsh monologue, mopping his face on his sleeve.1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Library of America, published 1985, page 168

Questions about adjurant

What does adjurant mean?
Adjurant means adjuring.
What part of speech is adjurant?
Adjurant is an adjective.

Words near adjurant in the dictionary

  1. adjunctives
  2. adjunctivity
  3. adjunctly
  4. adjuncts
  5. Adjungbilly
  6. adjurant
  7. adjuration
  8. adjurations
  9. adjuratory
  10. adjure
  11. adjured

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