Connivent

//kəˈnaɪvənt// adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Forbearing to see; intentionally inattentive. obsolete

    "connivent justice"

  2. 2
    Arched inward so that the points meet; brought close together or in close contact; converging.

    "the connivent petals of a flower"

Example

More examples

"his legal justice cannot be so fickle and variable , sometimes like a devouring fire , and by and by connivent in the embers"

Etymology

From Latin connīvēns.

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