Sans
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /sænz/
- Rhymes: -ænz
Origin
From Middle English sans, borrowed from Old French sans, senz, sens, from Latin sine ("without") conflated with absēns ("absent, remote").
Full definition of sans
Preposition
- Without, lacking.
- 1590, William Shakespeare, , act v, scene 2 (First Folio ed.)Ber. ...And to begin Wench, Å¿o God helpe me law,
My loue to thee is Å¿ound, Å¿ans cracke or flaw.
Roſa. Sans, ſans, I pray you. - 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 766:Those with brooms started to sweep literally, at the feet of the crowd, driving it back into the side streets from which it had emerged to form this assembly – now riders sans steeds.
- 1991, A. R. Morlan, The Amulet‎, page 212But regardless of when Wally had parked himself out in that backyard—sans coat or jacket—somehow, the old lady must have known where Wally would be before he drove out to the Isaacs trailer—or else she followed him out there from his house.