† curvantadj.

Forms: late Middle English curuant, 1600s 1800s curvant.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin curvant-, curvāns, curvāre.

Etymology: < classical Latin curvant-, curvāns present participle of curvāre curve v. (in post-classical Latin also in sense ‘to deflect’ (in figurative use, from 13th cent. in British sources)).

Obsolete.

1. Turning away from the right course; deviant. rare.

ΚΠ

a1500 Hymnal in R. S. Loomis Medieval Stud. in Memory G. S. Loomis (1927) 454 (MED) Wher we have bene curuant or mis wente, Reforme vs, lord!

2. Heraldry. Curved.

ΚΠ

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. Table 484/2 Curvant, bowed or bended.

?1828 W. Berry Encycl. Heraldica I. sig. Z4/1 Curval, or Curvant, curved or bowed. [Also in later dictionaries.]

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	curvant
释义	† curvantadj. Forms: late Middle English curuant, 1600s 1800s curvant. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin curvant-, curvāns, curvāre. Etymology: < classical Latin curvant-, curvāns present participle of curvāre curve v. (in post-classical Latin also in sense ‘to deflect’ (in figurative use, from 13th cent. in British sources)). Obsolete. 1. Turning away from the right course; deviant. rare. ΚΠ a1500 Hymnal in R. S. Loomis Medieval Stud. in Memory G. S. Loomis (1927) 454 (MED) Wher we have bene curuant or mis wente, Reforme vs, lord! 2. Heraldry. Curved. ΚΠ 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. Table 484/2 Curvant, bowed or bended. ?1828 W. Berry Encycl. Heraldica I. sig. Z4/1 Curval, or Curvant, curved or bowed. [Also in later dictionaries.] This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1500
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