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tru·ant
I. \ˈtrüənt\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, vagrant, beggar, of Celtic origin; akin to Welsh tru, truan miserable, wretched, truan wretch, Old Irish trōg miserable, Scottish Gaelic truaghan miserable person, truagh wretched
1. obsolete : an idle vagrant : vagabond
2. : one who stays away from business or shirks duty; especially : one who stays out of school without permission
Synonyms: see vagabond
II. adjective
1. : wandering from business or duty : shirking responsibility : idle; especially : absent from school without permission
2. : resembling or characteristic of a truant
< try to govern this truant pen — C.B.Fairbanks >
• tru·ant·ly adverb
III. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English traunten, from truant vagrant
intransitive verb
: to idle away time especially while shirking some duty : willfully neglect a required task : absent oneself without permission
< have truanted so much that … many can't do more than second-grade reading — Marjorie Rittwagen >
transitive verb
: to waste or fritter away : play truant from |