suppliant

1 of 2

noun

sup·pli·ant ˈsə-plē-ənt How to pronounce suppliant (audio)

: supplicant

suppliant

2 of 2

adjective

: humbly imploring : entreating

a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness

O. J. Baab

: expressing supplication

upraised to the heavens … suppliant arms

William Styron

suppliantly adverb

Example Sentences

Noun didn't like being in the position of a suppliant, having to ask her parents to help her pay the rent on her apartment Adjective the suppliant thief pleaded for a second chance

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Like other Te Deums, the work is both laudatory and suppliant, petitioning the divine for continued mercy.

Hannah Edgar, chicagotribune.com, 21 Aug. 2021 It was thought that Betelgeuse was bigger than the orbit of Jupiter in our Solar System, but recent studies suggest that the red suppliant star is about a third less than that at about 750 the radius of our Sun.

Jamie Carter, Forbes, 16 June 2021 William pays price for grabbing The reaction of the male to his suppliants varies.

National Geographic, 17 Apr. 2019 Part of the progress, according to Mr. Selee, is a reaction against President Trump’s Mexiphobia, but the underlying influences are long-term and irreversible: Mexico is no longer a feeble suppliant but a potent, necessary partner.

Felipe Fernández-armesto, WSJ, 25 June 2018

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English suppliaunt, suppliant "person making an appeal, petitioner at law," borrowed from Anglo-French, noun derivative from supliant, suppliant, present participle of sopploier, supplier "to bow down, submit, beseech, petition" (continental Old French sopleier), going back to Latin supplicāre "to seek the goodwill (of a person wronged) with peace offerings, supplicate"

Adjective

borrowed from Anglo-French supliant "humbly submissive" & Middle French suppliant "supplicating," from present participle of supplier "to beseech" — more at suppliant entry 1

First Known Use

Noun

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

1550, in the meaning defined at sense 1

单词	suppliantly
释义	suppliant 1 of 2 noun sup·pli·ant ˈsə-plē-ənt : supplicant suppliant 2 of 2 adjective 1 : humbly imploring : entreating a suppliant sinner seeking forgiveness O. J. Baab 2 : expressing supplication upraised to the heavens … suppliant arms William Styron suppliantly adverb Synonyms Noun petitioner pleader solicitor suitor supplicant Adjective beseeching entreating imploring pleading prayerful soliciting supplicant supplicating supplicatory See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Noun didn't like being in the position of a suppliant, having to ask her parents to help her pay the rent on her apartment Adjective the suppliant thief pleaded for a second chance Recent Examples on the Web Noun Like other Te Deums, the work is both laudatory and suppliant, petitioning the divine for continued mercy. Hannah Edgar, chicagotribune.com, 21 Aug. 2021 It was thought that Betelgeuse was bigger than the orbit of Jupiter in our Solar System, but recent studies suggest that the red suppliant star is about a third less than that at about 750 the radius of our Sun. Jamie Carter, Forbes, 16 June 2021 William pays price for grabbing The reaction of the male to his suppliants varies. National Geographic, 17 Apr. 2019 Part of the progress, according to Mr. Selee, is a reaction against President Trump’s Mexiphobia, but the underlying influences are long-term and irreversible: Mexico is no longer a feeble suppliant but a potent, necessary partner. Felipe Fernández-armesto, WSJ, 25 June 2018 Word History Etymology Noun Middle English suppliaunt, suppliant "person making an appeal, petitioner at law," borrowed from Anglo-French, noun derivative from supliant, suppliant, present participle of sopploier, supplier "to bow down, submit, beseech, petition" (continental Old French sopleier), going back to Latin supplicāre "to seek the goodwill (of a person wronged) with peace offerings, supplicate" Adjective borrowed from Anglo-French supliant "humbly submissive" & Middle French suppliant "supplicating," from present participle of supplier "to beseech" — more at suppliant entry 1 First Known Use Noun 15th century, in the meaning defined above Adjective 1550, in the meaning defined at sense 1 suppliantly adverb as in politely Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance politely courteously mousily civilly bashfully diffidently shyly timorously fearfully respectfully timidly servilely self-deprecatingly obsequiously lowly deferentially sheepishly humbly subserviently submissively hat in hand abjectly meekly modestly meanly Antonyms & Near Antonyms boldly proudly swaggeringly brazenly loftily brashly arrogantly pompously contemptuously imperiously presumptuously pretentiously audaciously scornfully fearlessly pridefully haughtily superciliously huffily recklessly self-importantly saucily rashly rudely uppishly disrespectfully impertinently disdainfully discourteously impudently impolitely ungraciously uncivilly bitchily See More
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suppliant

noun

adjective

Synonyms

Example Sentences

Word History

adverb