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distaunt

distaunt is the obsolete form of distant.

Meaning of distant

Adjective

distant (comparative more distant, superlative most distant)

  1. Far off (physically, logically or mentally).
    • We heard a distant rumbling but didn't pay any more attention to it. She was surprised to find that her fiancé was a distant relative of hers. His distant look showed that he was not listening to me.
    Synonyms:
    faraway
  2. Emotionally unresponsive or unwilling to express genuine feelings.
    • Ever since our argument, she has been totally distant toward me.
  3. (not comparable) Imported into a cable television system from a different market (and thus possibly incurring a copyright royalty).
    • Any determination that a particular television signal is "distant" must, of course, be made with respect to its proximity to a specific local area, which we have termed the CATV community, […]1973, Cable Television, Rand Corporation
    Antonyms:
    local

Forms of distaunt

comparativemore distaunt
superlativemost distaunt

Questions about distaunt

What is distaunt the obsolete form of?
Distaunt is the obsolete form of distant.

Words near distaunt in the dictionary

  1. distastefulness
  2. distastes
  3. distasting
  4. distaunce
  5. distaunces
  6. distaunt
  7. distaves
  8. distavorous
  9. distaxial
  10. distaxy
  11. distearate

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