latrant
/ˈleɪtɹənt/
latrant adjective: synonym of barking, particularly (figurative) snarling, bitterly or angrily complaining.
Adjective
latrant (comparative more latrant, superlative most latrant)
- Synonym of barking, particularly (figurative) snarling, bitterly or angrily complaining.
- And that the Balant and Latrant Noiſes of that ſort of People may be for ever Silenced, […]1702, Cotton Mather, “Book VII (Ecclesarium Prælia: […])”, in Magnalia Christi Americana: Or, the Ecclesiastical History of New-England, from Its First Planting in the Year 1620. unto the Year of Our...
- Latrant, barking; as A Latrant Writer, an Author that does nothing but bark and snarl at others.[1706, Edward Phillips, edited by John Kersey, The New World of English Words, or, a General Dictionary, London: Printed for J[ohn] Philips, s.v, unnumbered page, column 1
- Synonyms:
- barking, particularly
Noun
latrant (plural latrants)
- One who is barking, a dog, (figurative) a complainer.
- Thus—All triangles are all trilaterals. 2°, It may designate a class considered as undivided, though not positively thought as taken in its whole extent; and this may be articulately denoted by (:.). Thus—The triangle is the trilateral;—The dog is the latrant.— (Here note the use of the definite...a. 1857, William Hamilton, “Appendix”, in H[enry] L[ongueville] Mansel and John Veitch, editors, Lectures on Metaphysics and Logic […], volume IV, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons...
Synonyms of latrant
Forms of latrant
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more latrant |
| superlative | most latrant |
| Noun | |
| plural | latrants |
Origin of latrant
From Latin lātrans (“barking, ranting”), present participle of lātrāre (“to bark, to rant”). Equivalent to latrate + -ant.
Questions about latrant
- What does latrant mean?
- Latrant means synonym of barking, particularly (figurative) snarling, bitterly or angrily complaining.
- What part of speech is latrant?
- Latrant can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce latrant?
- Latrant is pronounced /ˈleɪtɹənt/.
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