connivent
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəˈnaɪvənt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
connivent (comparative more connivent, superlative most connivent)
- (obsolete) Forbearing to see; intentionally inattentive.
- connivent justice
- 1643, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce: […], London: […] T[homas] P[aine] and M[atthew] S[immons] […], →OCLC:
- his legal justice cannot be so fickle and variable , sometimes like a devouring fire , and by and by connivent in the embers
- (biology) Arched inward so that the points meet; brought close together or in close contact; converging.
- the connivent petals of a flower
- connivent wings of an insect
- connivent anthers
- connivent perianth
- connivent claws
- connivent stamens
Related terms
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “connivent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Translations
forbearing to see; intentionally inattentive.
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arched inward
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French
Pronunciation
Adjective
connivent (feminine connivente, masculine plural connivents, feminine plural conniventes)
Further reading
- “connivent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
connīvent
- third-person plural present active indicative of connīveō