Word of the Day:
connivent
What It Means
Forbearing to see; intentionally inattentive.
Arched inward so that the points meet; brought close together or in close contact; converging.
the connivent petals of a flower
Connivent in Context
“his legal justice cannot be so fickle and variable , sometimes like a devouring fire , and by and by connivent in the embers”
Did You Know?
From Latin connīvēns.
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