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arrant

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ar·rant  (rnt)
adj.
Completely such; thoroughgoing: an arrant fool; the arrant luxury of the ocean liner.

[Variant of errant.]

arrant·ly adv.

arrant
Adjective
utter or downright: that's the most arrant nonsense I've ever heard [Middle English variant of errant (wandering, vagabond)]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.arrant - without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"
unmitigated - not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier; "unmitigated suffering"; "an unmitigated horror"; "an unmitigated lie"
Translations
arrant [ˈærənt] adj arrant nonsense → una verdadera tontería
arrant [ˈærənt] adj he's talking arrant nonsense → il raconte vraiment n'importe quoi
arrant [ˈærənt] adj [coward, fool etc] → Erz-; [nonsense] → total
arrant [ˈærənt] adj arrant nonsense → colossali sciocchezze fpl


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The general tuckermanities are arrant Bubbles - ephemeral and so transparent - But this is, now, - you may depend upon it - Stable, opaque, immortal - all by dint Of the dear names that lie concealed within 't.
Then tell me; art thou not an arrant, all-grasping, inter-meddling, monopolizing, heathenish old scamp, to be one day making legs, and the next day coffins to clap them in, and yet again life-buoys out of those same coffins?
Your geniuses are all arrant asses -- the greater the genius the greater the ass -- and to this rule there is no exception whatever.
 
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