Performant
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Someone who performs something, such as a ritual; a performer. obsolete, rare
"As my heart bears me full witness with what unalloyed satisfaction I should have seen this last duty in your hands or in D. Giddy's, so I feel myself permitted to avow the pain, yea, the sense of shame, with which I contemplate Dr. Stock as the performant."
- 1 Of or relating to performance.
"A ballet visibly stresses the performant function even though, traditionally, it also claims to communicate some meaning. In sports, the performant function dominates more openly; but, in a symbiotic relation, it derives much of its vitality from a grafted referential function that operates through cultural signs. [...] As a rule, however, the performant function, when it is supported by truly impressive circus performances, tends to monopolize the audience's attention."
- 2 Performing well; Capable of or characterized by a high or excellent level of performance or efficiency.
"The inhabitants commonly use pacing Naggs, singularly performant in travaille, and easily kept in good case."
- 3 Performing well; Capable of or characterized by a high or excellent level of performance or efficiency.; Characterized by a level of performance or efficiency that is adequate for or exceeds the expectations of end users.
"The program ALGOLOG is highly performant: it generated 259 linear subproblems, instead of 2²³."
Example
More examples"A ballet visibly stresses the performant function even though, traditionally, it also claims to communicate some meaning. In sports, the performant function dominates more openly; but, in a symbiotic relation, it derives much of its vitality from a grafted referential function that operates through cultural signs. [...] As a rule, however, the performant function, when it is supported by truly impressive circus performances, tends to monopolize the audience's attention."
Etymology
From perform + -ant (suffix forming agent nouns from verbs, and adjectives from verbs with the senses of ‘doing (the action of the verb’)), possibly modelled after informant.