askant

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askant

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Alteration of askance, apparently after aslant.

adverb more askant · most askant

archaic Aslant; to one side, askance. And I saw askant the armies, / I saw as in noiseless dreams hundreds of battle-flags, / Borne through the smoke of the battles and pierc’d with missiles I saw them, / And carried hither and yon through the smoke, and torn and bloody, / And at last but a few shreds left on the staffs, (and all in sil

adjective more askant · most askant

archaic Aslant, sloping. While appearing to listen to Adelaide, her eyes wandered over me with speculation askant in them.

verb askants · askanting · askanted

dated Dated form of askance

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adj aslant, sloping

Русский	косой kosoj

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@misc{askant_2026,
  title = {askant},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/askant},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}