[1860–65; decolor + -ant]This word is first recorded in the period 1860–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: blind spot, calibrate, monism, pop-up, raider-ant is a suffix forming adjectives and nouns from verbs, occurring originally in Frenchand Latin loanwords (pleasant; constant; servant) and productive in English on this model; -ant has the general sense “characterized by or serving in the capacity of” that namedby the stem (ascendant; pretendant), esp. in the formation of nouns denoting human agents in legal actions or otherformal procedures (tenant; defendant; applicant; contestant). In technical and commercial coinages, -ant is a suffix of nouns denoting impersonal physical agents (propellant; lubricant; deodorant). In general, -ant can be added only to bases of Latin origin, with a very few exceptions, as coolant
Examples of 'decolorant' in a sentence
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Furthermore, powdered activated carbon was chosen as the most suitable decolorant for the extracted proteins.
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