RIANT Definition & Meaning

riant

[ rahy-uhnt, ree-; French ryahn ]

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adjective

laughing; smiling; cheerful:
She exuded good humor, with her riant brown eyes, curly, flyaway hair, and madcap grin.

riant

/ ˈ��ɪə�Գ� /

adjective

rare.
laughing; smiling; cheerful

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Derived Forms

ˈ��Գٱ��, adverb

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Other �y��vlog Forms

��a�Գ�·�� adverb

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of riant¹

First recorded in 1560–70; from French, “smiling, laughing,” adjective use of present participle of rire “to laugh,” from Latin ��ī��ŧ��; rident ( def ), -ant

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of riant¹

C16: from French, from rire to laugh, from Latin ��ī��ŧ��

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I have just mentioned Niels Andersen, and this good figure, at once so droll and so lovable, emerges all riant in my memory.

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Vā′riant, a different form of the same original word: a different reading, e.g. in a manuscript.—adj. diverse, variable, inconstant.—At variance, in disagreement.

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She sauntered on in an arch and riant humor.

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Everything is riant, stirring, singing, in the world that I behold from my balcony.

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These poems almost equal Holmes's for rich and riant humor.

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