deferent

See also: déférent and défèrent

English

Etymology

From French déférent, from Latin dēferēns, dēferentis.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɛfəɹənt/

Adjective

deferent (comparative more deferent, superlative most deferent)

  1. Showing deference.
  2. (obsolete) Serving to carry; bearing.
    • Francis Bacon
      Bodies deferent.

Derived terms

  • deferently

Translations

Noun

deferent (plural deferents)

  1. (obsolete) That which carries or conveys.
    • Francis Bacon
      Though air be the most favorable deferent of sounds.
  2. (obsolete, Ptolemaic astronomy) An imaginary circle surrounding the Earth, in whose periphery either the heavenly body or the centre of the heavenly body's epicycle was supposed to be carried round.

Latin

Verb

dēferent

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of dēferō
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