levant
le·vant (lə vant′)
intransitive verb
Brit. to disappear unexpectedly, so as to avoid paying one's debts
Etymology: prob. < Sp levantar, to start suddenly (as game), lit., to rise, ult. < L levare, to raise: see lever
le·vant (lə vant′, -vänt′)
noun
Le·vant (lə vant′, -vänt′)
region on the E Mediterranean, including all countries bordering the sea between Greece & Egypt: usually used with the
Etymology: Fr levant < It levante (< L levans, rising, raising, prp. of levare, to raise: see lever): applied to the East, from the “rising” of the sun
Noun used with modifier
- soleil: When discussing Claude Monet's painting Impression, soleil levant, one art critic used the word Impression contemptuously in his article on the exhibition.
Browse dictionary entries near levant
- Levalloisian
- Levallois-Perret
- lev
- Leuven
- leukotriene
- leukotomy
- leukorrhea
- leukopoiesis
- leukoplakia
- leukopenia
