significaunce

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French significance, from Old French significance, a borrowing from Latin significantia. Doublet of signifiaunce (the more usual Middle English term).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /si(n)ɡˌnifiˈka(u̯)ns(ə)/, /si(n)ɡˈnifika(u̯)ns(ə)/

Noun

significaunce (uncountable) (rare)

  1. The meaning or significance of an omen.
    Synonym: signifiaunce
  2. An omen; a portentous event or symbol.
    Synonym: signifiaunce
  3. The definition or meaning of a word.
    Synonym: signifiaunce

Descendants

  • English: significance
  • Scots: signeeficance

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