AUDIENT

Etymology

Adjective

audient (not comparable)

Listening, paying attention. [from mid 16th c.]

Synonyms: attentive, reckful (uncommon)

Noun

audient (plural audients)

(obsolete) A hearer.

(obsolete, specifically) A catechumen (“convert to Christianity under instruction before baptism”) in the early Christian Church.

Anagrams

• auntied, edutain

Source: Wiktionary


Au"di*ent, a. Etym: [L. audiens, p. pr. of audire. See Audible, a.]

Definition: Listening; paying attention; as, audient souls. Mrs. Browning.

Au"di*ent, n.

Definition: A hearer; especially a catechumen in the early church. [Obs.] Shelton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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