saunt
Scots
[sɑːnt], [saːn(ʔ)t]
noun
Definitions
- (Christianity) A canonized saint.
- (colloquial) An exceptionally holy, pious, and/or kind person.
- (Calvinism) One of the elect.
- (pejorative) A wastrel, a sanctimonious hypocrite; a reprobate.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English seint inherited from Old English sanct (saint) derived from seint derived from Old French saint derived from Latin sanctus (holy, consecrated, sacred, a saint, in Late Latin as a noun, saint, blessed).
Origin
Latin
sanctus
Gloss
holy, consecrated, sacred, a saint, in Late Latin as a noun, saint, blessed
Concept
Semantic Field
Religion and belief
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
聖
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Saint-Simonianism English
- besaint English
- saint English
- saintdom English
- saintess English
- saintful English
- sainthead English
- sainthood English
- saintish English
- saintism English
- saintless English
- saintlike English
- saintling English
- saintly English
- saintology English
- saintship English
- sanctanimity English
- unsaint English
- Sanctius Latin
- sanctiloquus Latin
- sanctimonia Latin
- sanctuarium Latin
- sanctus Latin
- Sankt German
- Toussaint French
- saint French
- saintement French
- sanct Old English
- saint Middle English
- seint Middle English
- San Irish
- saint Old French
- seint Old French
- सेंट Hindi
- Sâmpietru Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- san Old Portuguese
- seint xno
- sãŋkt Farefare