suppliant

English

WOTD – 28 February 2007

Etymology

From French suppliant, present participle of supplier.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsʌplɪənt/
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Adjective

suppliant (comparative more suppliant, superlative most suppliant)

Entreating with humility.
- Milton
  to bow and sue for grace with suppliant knee

Translations

Translations

French: suppliant (fr) m
Irish: aisceánach, impíoch

Polish: błagający, błagalny (pl), proszalny (pl)
Spanish: suplicante

Noun

suppliant (plural suppliants)

One who pleads or requests earnestly.
- 1963: I touch your beard as a suppliant, embrace your knees, imploring you to have pity on my wretchedness. — Euripides, Medea, trans. Philip Vellacott (Penguin Classics, p. 39)

Synonyms

beseecher, petitioner, supplicant

Translations

one who pleads or requests earnestly

Irish: iarrthóir m, idirghuítheoir m
Polish: suplikant m

Welsh: gweddïwr m

Related terms

Terms related to suppliant

French

Verb

suppliant

present participle of supplier

Adjective

suppliant (feminine singular suppliante, masculine plural suppliants, feminine plural suppliantes)

suppliant, begging, pleading, imploring

Noun

suppliant m (plural suppliants, feminine suppliante)

supplicant

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