• Versant

    Origin

    From French versant, present participle (used as a noun) of verser, from Latin versō, frequentative of vertō ("I turn").

    Full definition of versant

    Adjective

    versant

    1. (archaic) experienced, practiced
    2. conversant
      • Sydney SmithMen not versant with courts of justice.

    Noun

    versant

    (plural versants)
    1. a slope of a mountain or mountain ridge
    2. the overall slope of a region
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