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English
Etymology
From Latin ovans (“triumphant”), present participle of ovare (“to exult”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
ovant (comparative more ovant, superlative most ovant)
- (obsolete) exultant
1659, T Livius [i.e., Livy], “”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Romane Historie , London: W. Hunt, for George Sawbridge, , →OCLC:A Generall was said to enter Ovant into the citie, when ordinarily without his armie following him, he went on foot, or rode on horsebacke only, and the people in their Acclamations for joy, redoubled Ohe, or Oho.
References
Latin
Verb
ovant
- third-person plural present active indicative of ovō
Swedish
Adjective
ovant
- indefinite neuter singular of ovan