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reguardant

reguardant is the alternative spelling of regardant.

Meaning of regardant

Adjective

regardant (not comparable)

  1. With the head turned toward the back of the body.
    • The dog was waiting for him, her paws on the second tread, pere regardant with a happy lolling tongue.1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 25
  2. Watchful, attentive; contemplative.
    • To horse, to horse: thus once Eurydice, / With looks regardant, did the Thracian gaze […].1613, John Marston, William Barksted, The Insatiate Countess, II.3

Questions about reguardant

What is reguardant the alternative spelling of?
Reguardant is the alternative spelling of regardant.

Words near reguardant in the dictionary

  1. regt.
  2. regtl.
  3. regts.
  4. regu
  5. reguard
  6. reguardant
  7. reguarde
  8. reguarded
  9. reguardes
  10. reguarding
  11. reguards

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