Synonyms

nutant

American

[noot-nt, nyoot-] / ˈnut nt, ˈnyut- /

adjective

Botany.

drooping; nodding.

nutant British

/ ˈnjuːtənt /

adjective

botany having the apex hanging down

nutant flowers

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Etymology

Origin of nutant

1745–55; < Latin nūtant- (stem of nūtāns ), present participle of nūtāre to nod repeatedly. See nutation, -ant

Example Sentences

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Nam, longâ venti rabie, atque aspergine crebrâ Aequorei laticis, specus imâ rupe cavatur: Jam fultura ruit, jam summa cacumina nutant; Jam cadit in praeceps moles, et verberat undas.

From The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 1 by Browning, William Ernst

Dum bene dives ager, dum rami pondere nutant; Adferat in calatho rustica dona puer.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.

Scinduntur tunicae sartae modo; longa coruscat 65 serraco veniente abies, atque altera pinum plaustra vehunt, nutant alte populoque minantur.

From Readings from Latin Verse With Notes by Bushnell, Curtis C.

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