o·lant
Adjective /ˈvōlənt/
Synonyms:
adjective: flying
1- (of an animal) Able to fly or glide
- newly volant young
2- Of, relating to, or characterized by flight
- volant ways of life
3- Represented as flying
- a falcon volant
4-Moving rapidly or lightly
- her sails caught a volant wind
Origin: Volant stems from the Latin word volāre which meant “to fly”. In English, it acquired the sense of moving nimbly in the early 1600s.”
Uses: His car was moving volantly when the truck hit from rear on the national highway.
