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Arent

//ˈɑːɹɛnt// adj, name, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Drying out, parching, withering. obsolete, rare

    "The Lyon alſo is a ſignification of the ſunne, for the haires of his mane do reſemble the ſtreaming beames of the ſunne, and therefore this conſtellation is ſtiled vvith the ſame epithites that the Lyon and the Sun are, as heate-bearing, æſtiue, ardent, arent, calent, hot, flammant, burning, Herculean, mad, horrible, dreadfull, cruell, and terrible."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Verb
  1. 1
    Misspelling of aren't. alt-of, misspelling

Etymology

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin ārentem, the accusative singular form of ārēns (“drying, parching; withering”), the present participle of āreō (“to be dry or parched; to be dried up or withered”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- (“to be dry; to dry; to burn; ashes”).

Etymology 2

See aren't.

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