† devantadv.n.

Forms: Also devaunt.

Etymology: < French devant preposition and adverb, before, in front, = Provençal davan , devant , Catalan devant , davant , Italian davanti , < Latin dē preposition, from, of + late Latin abante before: see avaunt adv.

Obsolete.

A. adv.

Before, in front.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > front > [adverb]

aforeOE

forneOE

beforeOE

aforewarda1200

afornonc1275

toforec1330

onwardc1385

bifornysc1420

forouth1487

ahead1568

afrontc1570

forwardly1578

anteriorly1598

foremostly1607

devant1609

forward1619

forward on1630

front-wise1774

vanward1827

out front1934

upfront1937

1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxv. vi. 270 His beard..was shagged and rough, with a sharpe peake devant.

B. n.

Front; e.g. of the body or dress.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > front > [noun]

foremostc1275

headc1275

foreparty1398

forepartc1400

foresidec1400

devant1411

fronture1417

fore-endc1425

frontierc1430

forefront1488

forehead1525

frontc1540

vaunt1589

proscenium1648

frontside1697

van1726

fore-piece1788

façade1839

fore1888

1411 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 19 A boorde cloþe with .ij. towelles of deuaunt of oo sute.

1616 B. Jonson Cynthias Revels (rev. ed.) v. iv, in Wks. I. 247 Come sir, perfume my deuant.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	devant
释义	† devantadv.n. Forms: Also devaunt. Etymology: < French devant preposition and adverb, before, in front, = Provençal davan , devant , Catalan devant , davant , Italian davanti , < Latin dē preposition, from, of + late Latin abante before: see avaunt adv. Obsolete. A. adv. Before, in front. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > front > [adverb] aforeOE forneOE beforeOE aforewarda1200 afornonc1275 toforec1330 onwardc1385 bifornysc1420 forouth1487 ahead1568 afrontc1570 forwardly1578 anteriorly1598 foremostly1607 devant1609 forward1619 forward on1630 front-wise1774 vanward1827 out front1934 upfront1937 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxv. vi. 270 His beard..was shagged and rough, with a sharpe peake devant. B. n. Front; e.g. of the body or dress. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > front > [noun] foremostc1275 headc1275 foreparty1398 forepartc1400 foresidec1400 devant1411 fronture1417 fore-endc1425 frontierc1430 forefront1488 forehead1525 frontc1540 vaunt1589 proscenium1648 frontside1697 van1726 fore-piece1788 façade1839 fore1888 1411 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 19 A boorde cloþe with .ij. towelles of deuaunt of oo sute. 1616 B. Jonson Cynthias Revels (rev. ed.) v. iv, in Wks. I. 247 Come sir, perfume my deuant. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.n.1411
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