| 释义 |
‖ tuant, a. Obs. rare.|tyɑ̃|
[Fr., = killing, pres. pple. of tuer to slay, kill.]
Of language or words: Cutting, biting, keen, trenchant.
1672Villiers (Dk. Buckhm.) Rehearsal iv. i. (Arb.) 99 Ay, I gad, but is not that tuant now, ha? is it not tuant? 1672Marvell Reh. Transp. i. 17 To say Mr. Bayes is more civil than to say Villain and Caitiff, though these indeed are more tuant. 1673[R. Leigh] Transp. Reh. 13. 1673 Hickeringill Greg. F. Greyb. 142 This harangue tuant and clean. 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey) s.v., A Tuant Jest, i.e. a tart, biting Jest. |