"askant" meaning in English

See askant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more askant [comparative], most askant [superlative]
Etymology: Alteration of askance, apparently after aslant. Etymology templates: {{m|en|askance}} askance, {{m|en|aslant}} aslant Head templates: {{en-adj}} askant (comparative more askant, superlative most askant)
  1. (now rare) Aslant, sloping. Tags: archaic Translations (aslant, sloping): косой (kosoj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-askant-en-adj-9K9p2cjK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 30 16 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 73 18 9

Adverb

Forms: more askant [comparative], most askant [superlative]
Etymology: Alteration of askance, apparently after aslant. Etymology templates: {{m|en|askance}} askance, {{m|en|aslant}} aslant Head templates: {{en-adv}} askant (comparative more askant, superlative most askant)
  1. (now rare) Aslant; to one side, askance. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-askant-en-adv-mXMUJWUm

Verb

Forms: askants [present, singular, third-person], askanting [participle, present], askanted [participle, past], askanted [past]
Etymology: Alteration of askance, apparently after aslant. Etymology templates: {{m|en|askance}} askance, {{m|en|aslant}} aslant Head templates: {{en-verb}} askant (third-person singular simple present askants, present participle askanting, simple past and past participle askanted)
  1. Dated form of askance. Tags: alt-of, dated Alternative form of: askance
    Sense id: en-askant-en-verb-crZvnmQV

Inflected forms

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