cant¹ /kant/

1. To speak in a whining or wheedling manner
2. To use language whose meaning has evaporated from continued repetition
3. To use the specialized vocabulary or jargon of thieves, politicians, lawyers, etc
4. To talk in an affectedly solemn or hypocritical way

1. A hypocritical, affected or perfunctory style of speech or thought
2. The vocabulary or language peculiar to a particular group or sect
3. Odd or peculiar talk of any kind
4. Slang
5. A common saying or stock phrase
6. Affected use of religious phrases or moral sentiments

Of or relating to cant

cantˈer noun

1. A person who cants, esp a beggar
2. A person who makes hypocritical or affected statements

cantˈing adjective

Whining, pretending to piety

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