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発音

• IPA: /ˈeɪ.dənt/

形容詞

aidant (comparative more aidant, superlative most aidant)

1. (obsolete) helpful, assisting
   • c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:

     All you unpublished virtues of the earth, / Spring with my tears, be aidant and remediate / In the good man's distress!

名詞

aidant (plural aidants)

1. (rare) One who or that which aids; a helper.
   • 1883, Nathaniel Cleveland Moak, Reports of Cases Decided by the English Courts, page 540:

     He said, "The court is now called upon to be an aidant to the enforcement of a judgment in rem, given by the Portuguese court," and then he said […]

   • 1975, D. O. Wolfenbarger, Factors Affecting Dispersal Distances of Small Organisms, page 140:

     More hindrances appear evident than aidants, or perhaps more about hindrances and barriers is recognized.

アナグラム

• anatid, tanaid, Datian