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janty

janty is the archaic form of jaunty.

Meaning of jaunty

Adjective

jaunty (comparative jauntier, superlative jauntiest)

  1. Airy; showy; finical.
  2. (broadly) Characterized by an affected or fantastical manner.
  3. Dapper or stylish.
    • He wore a jaunty outfit that was all the rage.
    Synonyms:
    pert, rakish
  4. Ostentatiously self-confident.
    • He walked down the street with a jaunty swaggering step, as if daring others less perfectly satisfied to intrude upon his good mood.

See all 6 meanings of jaunty

Forms of janty

comparativemore janty
superlativemost janty

Words formed from janty

Questions about janty

What is janty the archaic form of?
Janty is the archaic form of jaunty.

Words near janty in the dictionary

  1. jantiness
  2. janting
  3. Janto
  4. jants
  5. jantu
  6. janty
  7. Jantz
  8. Jantzen
  9. Jantzens
  10. Jantzes
  11. Januaries

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Adapted from Wiktionary: janty (page history and authors); jaunty (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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