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prevoyant

prevoyant adjective: foreseeing; prescient.

Adjective

prevoyant (not comparable)

  1. foreseeing; prescient
    • But Nature, prevoyant, tingled into his heart an inarticulate thrill of prophecy.1862, Margaret Oliphant, The Life of Edward Irving

Origin of prevoyant

Borrowed from French prévoyant.

Questions about prevoyant

What does prevoyant mean?
Prevoyant means foreseeing; prescient.
What part of speech is prevoyant?
Prevoyant is an adjective.

Words near prevoyant in the dictionary

  1. Prevost reactions
  2. Prevost's squirrel
  3. Prevost's squirrels
  4. Prevosts
  5. prevote
  6. prevoyant
  7. prevue
  8. prevued
  9. prevues
  10. prevuing
  11. Prew

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