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Adjuvanto

Adjuvanto proper noun: a constructed language; developed by Louis de Beaufront.

Proper noun

Adjuvanto

  1. A constructed language; developed by Louis de Beaufront.
    • I myself was very tired by twelve years' work upon another international language, Adjuvanto, astonishingly similar to Esperanto, though perhaps inferior to it in many points; I could not therefore devote myself so thoroughly as I should have wished to aiding the cause of my master. Besides, as I...1907 March, Louis de Beaufront, “Esperanto in France”, in North American Review, volume 184, number 610, page 521
    • Here a young French marquis—with a touching romance of his own—who has been content to be known as plain Monsieur Louis de Beaufront, became so struck with the superior merits of Esperanto over those of the unpublished "Adjuvanto" upon which, and along strikingly similar lines, he had labored hard...1907 February, Joseph Rhodes, “Progress and Prospects of Esperanto”, in North American Review, number 608, page 283

Origin of Adjuvanto

Learned borrowing from constructed language Adjuvanto (“Helper”). Began as a pseudonym, by Louis de Beaufront, derived from internal agglutination ad- + juv + -anto. Ultimately from Latin adjuvanto.

Questions about Adjuvanto

What does Adjuvanto mean?
Adjuvanto means a constructed language; developed by Louis de Beaufront.
What part of speech is Adjuvanto?
Adjuvanto is a proper noun.

Words near Adjuvanto in the dictionary

  1. adjuvanted
  2. adjuvantic
  3. adjuvanticity
  4. adjuvanting
  5. adjuvantly
  6. Adjuvanto
  7. adjuvants
  8. adjuvate
  9. adjuvated
  10. adjuvates
  11. adjuvating

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