latrant
/ˈleɪtɹənt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Synonym of barking, particularly (figurative) snarling, bitterly or angrily complaining.
Archaic
Example Sentences
- "And that the Balant and Latrant Noiſes of that ſort of People may be for ever Silenced, […]"
- "Latrant, barking; as A Latrant Writer, an Author that does nothing but bark and snarl at others."
- "Thy care be the first the various gifts to trace The minds and genius of the latrant race."
- "Whoſe latrant ſtomachs oft moleſt The deep-laid plans their dreams ſuggeſt;"
- "Not gyved with connubial relations, I entered upon my migration entirely isolated, with the exception of a canine quadruped whose mordacious, latrant, lusorious, and venatic qualities, are without parity."
- "Thy latrant muse aye glooms sae sour; The ither day her gipsy glower"
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin