calculant

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

calculate +‎ -ant

Adjective[edit]

calculant (comparative more calculant, superlative most calculant)

  1. calculating, reflective
    • 1930, William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying, Library of America, published 1985, page 97:
      His face is calm, down-sloped, calculant, concerned.

Related terms[edit]

Catalan[edit]

Verb[edit]

calculant

  1. gerund of calcular

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Participle[edit]

calculant

  1. present participle of calculer

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

calculant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of calculō
    1. "they calculate, they compute"
    2. (figuratively) "they consider as, they esteem"
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