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truaget (trö'āj), n. See trewage. truancy (trö'an-si), n. [ I had many flattering reproaches for my late truancy from these parties. Mme. D'Arblay , Diary, I. 563. truanting. Agent of truancy. See agent . truandt, truandingt. Old spellings of truant , truandiset, n. [ME., also truaundise, truwandise, trowandise, trowantyse , truandise , truand , vagabond: see truant .] A vagrant life with begging. Rom. of the Rose , 1. 6664. truant (trö'ant), n. and a. (Formerly also tri vant ; truont , trowant (= MD. trouwant , trawant , tru want ), truand , truant , a vagabond, beggar, rogue; also adj. truand , beggarly, roguish; = Pr. truan ( truanda , fem.), a vagabond, = Sp. truhan = Pg. truão (ML. reflex truannus , trudanus, trutanus , trutannus ), a buffoon, jester; prob. truan , later (after F.) truant , vagabond (cf. truek , a wretch, truez , pity, etc.), = W. truan , wretched, truan , a wretch (cf. tru, wretched), etc.] I. n. 1t. A vagabond; a vagrant; an idler. IMG:content-0957.jpg:[graphic][merged small] All thynges at this day faileth at Rome, except all onely these ydell trewandes , iestours, tumblers, plaiers, iuglers, and such other, of whom there is inow and to Golden Book , xii. 2. One who shirks or neglects duty; especially, a child who stays away from school without leave. I have a truant been to chivalry. Shak., 1 Hen. IV., v. 1. 94. IMG:content-0958.jpg:[blocks in formation] II. a. 1. Idle; loitering; given to shirking duty or busine , or attendance at some appointed time or place: especially noting children who absent themselves from school with out leave. A truant boy I pa 'd my bounds, T' enjoy a ramble on the banks of Thames. Cowper , Task, i. 114. 2. Characteristic of a truant; idle; loitering; wandering. Ham. But what, in faith, make you from Wittenberg? Hor. A truant disposition, good my lord. Shak ., Hamlet, i. 2. 169. To lag behind with truant pace. Dryden, tr. of Virgil's Georgics, iii. 708.