† admirantadj.

Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: admire v., -ant suffix¹; Latin admīrant-, admīrāns, admīrārī.

Etymology: Either < admire v. + -ant suffix¹, or < classical Latin admīrant-, admīrāns, present participle of admīrārī admire v. Compare French admirant (1696). Compare earlier admirance n. Compare also earlier admirative adj., admiring adj.

Obsolete.

= admiring adj. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > admiration > [adjective]

wonderfulc1380

admirative1582

admiring1592

wondering1592

admirant1853

1853 Brit. Jrnl. 3 84 The public will become..less admirant of so-called artistic effects.

1866 J. B. Rose tr. Ovid Metamorphoses vi. 159 The envy then Of crowds admirant—now of pity's gaze: Amidst the corpses of her sons she strays.

1893 F. W. L. Adams New Egypt iv. 166 No Anglo-Egyptian seemed to believe that the composer of so ingenuously an admirant illustration of their idol could have the faintest taint of ‘disloyalty’ about him.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	admirant
释义	† admirantadj. Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: admire v., -ant suffix¹; Latin admīrant-, admīrāns, admīrārī. Etymology: Either < admire v. + -ant suffix¹, or < classical Latin admīrant-, admīrāns, present participle of admīrārī admire v. Compare French admirant (1696). Compare earlier admirance n. Compare also earlier admirative adj., admiring adj. Obsolete. = admiring adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > admiration > [adjective] wonderfulc1380 admirative1582 admiring1592 wondering1592 admirant1853 1853 Brit. Jrnl. 3 84 The public will become..less admirant of so-called artistic effects. 1866 J. B. Rose tr. Ovid Metamorphoses vi. 159 The envy then Of crowds admirant—now of pity's gaze: Amidst the corpses of her sons she strays. 1893 F. W. L. Adams New Egypt iv. 166 No Anglo-Egyptian seemed to believe that the composer of so ingenuously an admirant illustration of their idol could have the faintest taint of ‘disloyalty’ about him. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.1853
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