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ovant

/ˈəʊvənt/

ovant adjective: exultant.

Adjective

ovant (comparative more ovant, superlative most ovant)

  1. (obsolete) exultant
    • A Generall was said to enter Ovant into the citie, when ordinarily without his armie following him, he went on foot, or rode on horsebacke only, and the people in their Acclamations for joy, redoubled Ohe, or Oho.1659, T[itus] Livius [i.e., Livy], “[Book IV]”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Romane Historie […], London: […] W. Hunt, for George Sawbridge, […], →OCLC

Forms of ovant

comparativemore ovant
superlativemost ovant

Origin of ovant

From Latin ovans (“triumphant”), present participle of ovare (“to exult”).

Questions about ovant

What does ovant mean?
Ovant means exultant.
What part of speech is ovant?
Ovant is an adjective.
How do you pronounce ovant?
Ovant is pronounced /ˈəʊvənt/.

Words near ovant in the dictionary

  1. Ovampo
  2. Ovampoland
  3. Ovampos
  4. Ovando
  5. ovangkol
  6. ovant
  7. ovarectomies
  8. ovarectomized
  9. ovarectomy
  10. ovaria
  11. ovarial

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