Difference between revisions of "Cant"

Latest revision as of 16:20, 11 April 2013

cant: n argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup; rmpty, hypocritical
cant; slant , angle
Kant (Dutch): side, way
Immanuel Kant: (1724 – 1804) a German philosopher. He is a central figure of modern philosophy, and set the terms by which all subsequent thinkers have had to grapple.

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-* [http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cant Cant] - 1) Monotonous talk filled with platitudes. 2) To speak in jargon. 3) A slanted or oblique surface.
+* '''cant:''' n argot, the jargon of a particular class or subgroup; rmpty, hypocritical
+* cant; slant , angle
-* ''Slant'' or ''Angle'' as in another "view" to the story.
+* ''Kant'' (''Dutch''): side, way
+* '''Immanuel Kant:''' (1724 – 1804)  a German philosopher. He is a central figure of modern philosophy, and set the terms by which all subsequent thinkers have had to grapple.
-* ''kant'' (Dutch): side ("There is another side to the question")
 [[Category: Dutch phrases]]