Askant
adj, adv, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Dated form of askance. alt-of, dated
- 1 Aslant, sloping. archaic
"While appearing to listen to Adelaide, her eyes wandered over me with speculation askant in them."
- 1 (used especially of glances) directed to one side with or as if with doubt or suspicion or envy wordnet
- 1 Aslant; to one side, askance. archaic
"And I saw askant the armies, / I saw as in noiseless dreams hundreds of battle-flags, / Borne through the smoke of the battles and pierc’d with missiles I saw them, / And carried hither and yon through the smoke, and torn and bloody, / And at last but a few shreds left on the staffs, (and all in silence,) / And the staffs all splinter’d and broken."
Example
More examples"And I saw askant the armies, / I saw as in noiseless dreams hundreds of battle-flags, / Borne through the smoke of the battles and pierc’d with missiles I saw them, / And carried hither and yon through the smoke, and torn and bloody, / And at last but a few shreds left on the staffs, (and all in silence,) / And the staffs all splinter’d and broken."
Etymology
Alteration of askance, apparently after aslant.
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