First Known Use: 15th century
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1suppliant
noun sup·pli·ant \-ənt\
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Origin of SUPPLIANT
Middle English, from Anglo-French, from present participle of supplier to supplicate, from Latin supplicare
Related to SUPPLIANT
- Synonyms
- petitioner, pleader, solicitor, suitor, supplicant
2suppliant
adjective
Definition of SUPPLIANT
1
: humbly imploring : entreating <a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness — O. J. Baab>
2
: expressing supplication <upraised to the heavens…suppliant arms — William Styron>
— sup·pli·ant·ly adverb
Origin of SUPPLIANT
Middle French, present participle
First Known Use: circa 1567
Related to SUPPLIANT
- Synonyms
- beseeching, entreating, imploring, pleading, prayerful, soliciting, supplicant, supplicating, supplicatory
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