"geaunt" meaning in Middle English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdʒɛːau̯nt/, /ˈdʒɛːant/, /ˈdʒiːau̯nt/ Forms: geauntes [plural], geant [alternative], giaunt [alternative], gyaunt [alternative], jyaunt [alternative], jeaunt [alternative], jeawnt [alternative], gyant [alternative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Old French geant, gaiant, from Latin gigantem, accusative singular of gigās, from Ancient Greek Γίγᾱς (Gígās). Etymology templates: {{ety|enm|:bor|fro:gaiant}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*gagantem", "lang_name" : "Vulgar Latin", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "gigās, gigantem", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "Γίγας", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "gigas", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang" : "la-vul" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "gaiant", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "geaunt", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" }" data-lang="enm" data-title="geaunt">, {{bor|enm|fro|geant}} Old French geant, {{der|enm|la|gigantem}} Latin gigantem, {{der|enm|grc|Γίγᾱς}} Ancient Greek Γίγᾱς (Gígās) Head templates: {{head|enm|noun|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=|var=}} geaunt, {{enm-noun|geauntes}} geaunt (plural geauntes)
  1. A giant (mythological or fantasy creature)
    Sense id: en-geaunt-enm-noun-K5V2Dwb8 Categories (other): Middle English entries with etymon, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Mythological creatures Disambiguation of Middle English entries with etymon: 52 24 24 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 32 34 34 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 52 24 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 24 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 76 12 12 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 84 8 8 Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 88 6 6
  2. A giant (person of great height)
    Sense id: en-geaunt-enm-noun-dLItoc6W Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 32 34 34 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 52 24 24
  3. (rare) An immoral or despicable person. Tags: rare
    Sense id: en-geaunt-enm-noun-SVtd~KOJ Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 32 34 34 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 52 24 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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