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Tant

tænt
In a frame consisting of flowers. Bottom left an open book with 'Tante Pau'. Above right a swallow.
In a frame consisting of flowers. Bottom left an open book with 'Tante Pau'. Above right a swallow.
Illustrations
Writing example with the text: Il n'a rien a Dieu tant (...) in a frame. The text contains two decorated capital letters: I and D. This print is part of an album.
Writing example with the text: Il n'a rien a Dieu tant (...) in a frame. The text contains two decorated capital letters: I and D. This print is part of an album.
Poem written in French underneath 'tant que ces traits resteront sur la page'.
Poem written in French underneath 'tant que ces traits resteront sur la page'.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Tant
    (Zoöl) A small scarlet arachnid.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) tant
    Same as taint, 5.
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary Cf. Taint tincture

Usage in the news

Margaret Tante Burk dies at 93. latimes.com

Duchamp 's Étant donnés ( Given: 1 The Waterfall, 2. citypaper.net

The Illuminating Gas, French: Étant donnés: 1° la chute d'eau / 2° le gaz d'éclairage ) in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. citypaper.net

Berangere Maximin Si Ce N'est Toi Tant Que Les Heures Passent. usb.fm

Tante Belle favored spoon bread , a relative of cornbread that is more like a creamy pudding. nola.com

When the sugar mills started up during the fall for the cane harvesting (la roulaison), I could always count on Tante Belle for a bowl of spoon bread to savor with a healthy dose of cane syrup. nola.com

Tant is 'one of us'. onlineathens.com

In my youth, as an Athens native, I would read Ed Tant 's columns and think, "Boy, is that hippie out there.". onlineathens.com

Therese Tant loves the problem-solving aspect of designing automotive interiors — the challenge of getting so many components and surfaces to fit in a space and work together. crainsdetroit.com

Entered into rest on Monday, September 17, 2007 at his residence, Mr Dewis Charlie "Jabbo" Tant . chronicle.augusta.com

Reward offered in James Roger Tant's disappearance. timesfreepress.com

Tommy Tant Memorial Surf Classic. surfermag.com

Usage in scientific papers

In astrophysics simulation, the amount of generated data is generally huge, making visualization tools especially impor tant.
AstroSim: Collaborative Visualization of an Astrophysics Simulation in Second Life

To establish what kind of family invariants lead to desired structures, it is impor tant to consider the mechanism responsible for the effective term.
Proceedings of the first workshop on Flavor Symmetries and consequences in Accelerators and Cosmology (FLASY2011)

The ξ phase does not appear on the CKM, but shall be impor tant when we discuss the soft SUSY masses.
Proceedings of the first workshop on Flavor Symmetries and consequences in Accelerators and Cosmology (FLASY2011)

Most impor tantly, these results do not depend on the LO Yukawa couplings (Form diagonalizable LO rotation matrices).
Proceedings of the first workshop on Flavor Symmetries and consequences in Accelerators and Cosmology (FLASY2011)

Even more impor tantly, the soft SUSY breaking parameters depend on all messenger masses.
Proceedings of the first workshop on Flavor Symmetries and consequences in Accelerators and Cosmology (FLASY2011)

Usage in literature

Benissimo, e tante grazie! "Little Novels of Italy" by Maurice Henry Hewlett

Tant mieux; it will not bore me. "A Hungarian Nabob" by Maurus Jókai

Tant' Ann never hear nothing. "A Dash from Diamond City" by George Manville Fenn

Dex, tant bon destrier i ot mis! "The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory" by George Saintsbury

Et a quel utilite ne a quoy proufite aux oyans oir tant de laidures? "A Literary History of the English People" by Jean Jules Jusserand

Mais l'inevitable destin ne permit tant de bien a ce royaume, qu'il put recevoir cet utile conseil. "The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)" by Henry Martyn Baird

I'll send Tant to you directly. "Diamond Dyke" by George Manville Fenn

What can I do for 'tante'? "My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War" by Ben Viljoen

Avec tant de tresors Philippe II. "The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2)" by George Warburton

Il nous a fait bien du plaisir de voir l'Imperatrice et d'entendre depuis que son voyage en Angleterre lui a fait tant de bien. "The Letters of Queen Victoria, Volume III (of 3), 1854-1861" by Queen of Great Britain Victoria

Usage in poetry
C'est bien la pire peine
De ne savoir pourquoi
Sans amour et sans haine
Mon coeur a tant de peine!
"Ariettes Oubliees" by Paul Verlaine Author object (534)
Per una strofa che dalla matita
Mi cade, voi viveste, ahime`, tant'anni!
Un sol mio verso e` costato una vita!...
E una mia rima chissa` quanti affanni?
"La Chiesetta Dei Morti" by Ferdinando Fontana Author object (207)
Helas madam cel que ie me tant
soffre que soie voutre humble seruant
voutre vumble seruant ie ray a tousiours
e tant que ie viueray altre naimeray que vous.
"Helas Madam" by King Henry VIII Author object (425)
"E dir che, giovinetto,--io n'ho ammazzate tante
"Di queste bestioline!...
--Allora ero l'amante
"Di Rita, la piu` bella--forosetta che Iddio
"Ai campi regalasse!...--Almeno, a parer mio!
"Mastro Spaghi" by Ferdinando Fontana Author object (207)