arent

See also: Arent and aren't

English

WOTD – 26 November 2024

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin ārentem, the accusative singular form of ārēns (“drying, parching; withering”), the present participle of āreō (“to be dry or parched; to be dried up or withered”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- (“to be dry; to dry; to burn; ashes”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɹɛnt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹɛnt/

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Adjective

arent (comparative more arent, superlative most arent)

1. (obsolete, rare) Drying out, parching, withering.

   Synonyms: desiccating, exsiccating

   • 1607, Conradus Gesnerus [i.e., Conrad Gessner], Edward Topsell, “Of the Lyon”, in The Historie of Foure-footed Beastes. […], London: […] William Iaggard, →OCLC, page 485:

     The Lyon alſo is a ſignification of the ſunne, for the haires of his mane do reſemble the ſtreaming beames of the ſunne, and therefore this conſtellation is ſtiled vvith the ſame epithites that the Lyon and the Sun are, as heate-bearing, æſtiue, ardent, arent, calent, hot, flammant, burning, Herculean, mad, horrible, dreadfull, cruell, and terrible.

Etymology 2

See aren't.

Verb

arent

1. Misspelling of aren't.

Anagrams

• Netra, Teran, antre, atren, earnt, nater

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch arent (“harvest”). Related to obsolete arnen (“to harvest”), ongearend (“unharvested”). Cognate with German Ernte (“harvest”).

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Noun

arent f (uncountable, diminutive arentje n)

1. (obsolete) harvest

   Synonym: oogst

Usage notes

Plural has not been attested. Not to be confused with arend (“eagle”).

Related terms

• wijnarent

Latin

Verb

arent

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of arō

Yola

Alternative forms

• a rent

Etymology

From Middle English around.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈrɛnt/

Preposition

arent

1. around
   • 1867, CONGRATULATORY ADDRESS IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 116, lines 4-6:

     Yer name var zetch avancet avare ye, e'en a dicke var hye, arent whilke ye brine o'zea an ye craggès o'noghanes cazed nae balke.

     Your fame for such came before you even into this retired spot, to which neither the waters of the sea below nor the mountains above caused any impediment.

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 23