ANSTHRLD - Re: Cool Word: cant

[Charlene Charette]

Cool Word of the Day wrote:
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>     The Learning Kingdom's Cool Word of the Day for March 6, 2001
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>                          cant [n. or v. KANT]
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> This word has two different classes of meanings, with different
> origins.
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> The first class of meanings relates to speech.  A cant can mean
> insincere talk.  It can also mean whining speech.  It can also mean
> speech in the argot of the underworld, or any other specialized jargon
> or lingo.  The word cant can also be used as a verb; to cant means to
> delivered any of the above-listed types of speech.
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> In the second type of meaning, a cant is a slant, slope, tilt, pitch,
> or list.  To cant something is to set it on an angle or to tilt it.
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> The sense of cant that refers to speaking is taken from the Old
> French canter (to sing, chant), from the Latin cantere (to sing).
> The cant that refers to tilting comes from the Vulgar Latin cantus
> (corner).
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