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obversant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ob-ver-sant
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

conversant; familiar or in the know about a certain topic.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin obversans, present participle of obversari (“to hover before”), from ob (see ob-) + versare (“to move about”).

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Usage

Inflected Forms

more obversant (comparative) most obversant (superlative)

Questions

What does obversant mean?
conversant; familiar or in the know about a certain topic.
Where does obversant come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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