Scant
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Scant
From Middle English scant, from Old Norse skamt, neuter of skammr (“short”), from Proto-Germanic *skammaz (“short”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱem- (“mutilated, hornless”).
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Re: Scant
I just found out this can be a verb, too. Adjective and adverb, I knew them, but 'to scant' is new to me.
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