conversant
/kənˈvɝsənt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.39 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Familiar or acquainted by use or study; well-informed; versed.
Example Sentences
- "VVe (of all earthlings) are Gods vtmoſt ſubiects, the laſt (in a manner) that he bought to his obedience: ſhal we then forgette that vvee are any ſubiects of hys, becauſe (as amongſt his Angels) he is not viſibly conuerſant amongſt vs?"
- "She is equally conversant with Shakespeare and the laws of physics."
- "We ſee in all things how deſuetude do's contract and narrow our faculties, ſo that we may apprehend only thoſe things wherein we are converſant."
- "c. 1694, John Dryden, letter to Mr. John Dennis deeply conversant in the Platonic philosophy"
- "1720, Thomas Parnell, corrected by Alexander Pope, "Essay on Homer", published with Pope's translation of the Iliad He uses the different dialects […] as one who had been conversant with them all."
- "If any think education, because it is conversant about children, to be but a private and domestick duty, he has been ignorantly bred himself."
Etymology
From Old French conversant, present participle of converser.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kənˈvɝsənt/
- British English: /kənˈvɜːsənt/
Usage
Inflected Forms
more conversant (comparative)
most conversant (superlative)
conversaunt (alternative)
conversants (plural)