英和和英

発音

• IPA: /kəˈnaɪvənt/

形容詞

connivent (comparative more connivent, superlative most connivent)

1. (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

2. (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

関連する語

• connive

参照

• “connivent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.