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arent

UK/ˈɑːɹɛnt//ˈɑɹɛnt/

arent adjective: drying out, parching, withering. Also the misspelling of aren't.

Adjective

arent (comparative more arent, superlative most arent)

  1. (obsolete, rare) Drying out, parching, withering.
    • The Lyon alſo is a ſignification of the ſunne, for the haires of his mane do reſemble the ſtreaming beames of the ſunne, and therefore this conſtellation is ſtiled vvith the ſame epithites that the Lyon and the Sun are, as heate-bearing, æſtiue, ardent, arent, calent, hot, flammant, burning...1607, Conradus Gesnerus [i.e., Conrad Gessner]; Edward Topsell, “Of the Lyon”, in The Historie of Foure-footed Beastes. […], London: […] William Iaggard, →OCLC, page 485

Proper noun capitalized: Arent

Arent (plural Arents)

  1. A surname.

Also used as

arent is also the misspelling of aren't.

Synonyms of arent

Forms of arent

Adjective
comparativemore arent
superlativemost arent
Proper noun
pluralArents

Origin of arent

Learned borrowing from Latin ārentem, the accusative singular form of ārēns (“drying, parching; withering”), the present participle of āreō (“to be dry or parched; to be dried up or withered”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- (“to be dry; to dry; to burn; ashes”).

See aren't.

Questions about arent

What does arent mean?
Arent means drying out, parching, withering.
What part of speech is arent?
Arent can be an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce arent?
Arent is pronounced /ˈɑːɹɛnt/ (UK).

Words near arent in the dictionary

  1. arenosity
  2. arenosol
  3. arenosols
  4. arenosugar
  5. arenous
  6. arent
  7. arents
  8. Arentz
  9. Arentzes
  10. arenulous
  11. Arenz

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