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noun
1.
a student who stays away from school without permission.
2.
a person who shirks or neglects his or her duty.
adjective
3.
absent from school without permission.
4.
neglectful of duty or responsibility; idle.
5.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a truant.
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Truant
is one of our favorite verbs.
So is lollygag. Does it mean:
| to spend time idly; loaf. |
| to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax. |
verb (used without object)
6.
to be truant.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English < Old French: vagrant, beggar < Celtic; compare Welsh truan wretched, wretch
1250–1300; Middle English < Old French: vagrant, beggar < Celtic; compare Welsh truan wretched, wretch
Related forms
tru·ant·ly, adverb
non·tru·ant, noun, adjective
un·tru·ant, adjective
Synonyms
2. idler, shirker, layabout, loafer, malingerer.
2. idler, shirker, layabout, loafer, malingerer.
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Example Sentences
- The date is drawing near, and there are no more extra days to be won by playing truant.
- He beat his mutinous pupils with his violin bow, and they retaliated by playing truant.
- By then, the days were long gone when truant officers had prowled the streets and visited homes to pick up hooky players.
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Word Origin & History
truant
early 13c., "beggar, vagabond," from O.Fr. truant "beggar, rogue" (12c.), from Gaulish *trougant- (cf. Breton *truan, later truant "vagabond," Welsh truan "wretch," Gaelic truaghan "wretched"). Cf. Sp. truhan "buffoon," from same source. Meaning "one who wanders from an appointed place" is first attested
EXPANDmid-15c. The adj. is recorded from 1540s.
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