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English
Adjective
suffisant (comparative more suffisant, superlative most suffisant)
- Obsolete form of sufficient.
References
French
Etymology
From suffire + -ant.
Pronunciation
Adjective
suffisant (feminine suffisante, masculine plural suffisants, feminine plural suffisantes)
- sufficient; enough
- Antonym: insuffisant
- largement suffisant, amplement suffisant ― more than enough
- smug, vain, self-righteous
Derived terms
Participle
suffisant
- present participle of suffire
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