Latrant
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 One who is barking, a dog, (figurative) a complainer. obsolete, rare
"Thus—All triangles are all trilaterals. 2°, It may designate a class considered as undivided, though not positively thought as taken in its whole extent; and this may be articulately denoted by (:.). Thus—The triangle is the trilateral;—The dog is the latrant.— (Here note the use of the definite article in English, Greek, French, German,^α &c.)"
- 1 Synonym of barking, particularly (figurative) snarling, bitterly or angrily complaining. archaic
"And that the Balant and Latrant Noiſes of that ſort of People may be for ever Silenced, […]"
Example
More examples"And that the Balant and Latrant Noiſes of that ſort of People may be for ever Silenced, […]"
Etymology
From Latin lātrans (“barking, ranting”), present participle of lātrāre (“to bark, to rant”). Equivalent to latrate + -ant.
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