levant

Meaning

Noun

A disappearing or absconding after losing a bet.

Verb

To abscond or run away, especially to avoid paying money or debts.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Rising, of an animal.
2. (not-comparable) Rising or having risen from rest; said of cattle.
3. (not-comparable, poetic) Eastern.

Opposite of

occidental, western, ponent

Synonyms

orient

Translations

ανατολικός

Ανατολή

ανατολίτικος

levatoio

ortivo

orientalis

opklimmend

gitgide yükselen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lɪˈvænt/

Etymology

Cognate with French: faire voile en Levant

In summary

Transferral use of Levant, from French levant. Compare French faire voile en Levant (“to sail eastward”), literally: set the sail with the Levant, an easterly wind that blows in the Mediterranean Sea.