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buoyant

adj
/ˈbɔɪ.ənt/

Etymology

From buoy + -ant.

  1. derived from *gʷṓws✻ — “cow”
  2. derived from βόεος
  3. derived from boia — “a (leather) collar, band, fetter”
  4. derived from buie — “fetter, chain”
  5. derived from boeye — “shackle, fetter”
  6. inherited from *baukną✻
  7. derived from *baukn✻ — “beacon”
  8. derived from boue — “piece of wood or cork that floats above an anchor to indicate where it is anchored”
  9. derived from boeye — “float, buoy”
  10. inherited from boy
  11. suffixed as buoyant — “buoy + ant”

Definitions

  1. Having buoyancy

    Having buoyancy; able to float.

  2. Lighthearted and lively.

    • I’m in a buoyant mood.

  3. Involving or engaged in much successful trade or activity. (of an economy, business etc.)

The neighborhood

Derived

buoyantly, buoyantness, nonbuoyant, overbuoyant, semibuoyant, superbuoyant, unbuoyant

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA