truant (troant)

[ The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: The Century dictionary truant His backwardne e in the Vniuersitie hath set him thus forward; for had hee not truanted there, he had not beene so hastie a Divine. Bp. Earle, Micro-cosmographie, A Young Rawe Preacher. They lost their time, and truanted in the fundament all grounds of saving knowledge. Milton, Prelatical Episcopacy, II. trans . To waste or idle away. [Rare.] I dare not be the author of truanting the time. Ford. truantingt (trö'ant-ing), n. [ truanting , truaunding ; verbal n. of truant , v.] Same as truandise. Rom. of the Rose , 1. 6721. truantly (trö'ant-li), a. [ truant +-ly1.] Truant; idle; inclined to shirk school or other duty. Jer. Taylor , Works (ed. 1835), I. 640. Yet heere-hence may some good accrewe, not onelie to truant lie schollers. or to new-entred nouices. or to well-forwarde students Florio , It. Dict., Ep. Ded., p. [5]. truantly (trö'ant-li), adv . [ Imp . Dict.