-ant


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
-ant
suffix
  • 1 (forming adjectives) denoting attribution of an action or state: arrogant.
  • 2 (forming nouns) denoting an agent: deodorant.
– origin from Fr. or L. pres. participial verb stems (see also -ent).
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