different between conversant vs inconversant

English

Alternative forms

• conversaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old French conversant, present participle of converser

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /k?n?v?s?nt/

Adjective

conversant (comparative more conversant, superlative most conversant)

1. Closely familiar; current; having frequent interaction.
2. Familiar or acquainted by use or study; well-informed; versed.

   She is equally conversant with Shakespeare and the laws of physics.

   • c. 1694, John Dryden, letter to Mr. John Dennis

     deeply conversant in the Platonic philosophy

   • 1720, Thomas Parnell, corrected by Alexander Pope, "Essay on Homer", published with Pope's translation of the Iliad

     He uses the different dialects […] as one who had been conversant with them all.

3. (obsolete) Concerned; occupied.
   • 1651, Henry Wotton, A Philosophical Survey of Education

     If any think education, because it is conversant about children, to be but a private and domestick duty, he has been ignorantly bred himself.

Usage notes

• Generally used with with, sometimes with in.

Translations

Noun

conversant (plural conversants)

1. One who converses with another.

Anagrams

• conservant

Catalan

Verb

conversant

1. present participle of conversar

French

Verb

conversant

1. present participle of converser

Anagrams

• conservant

Latin

Verb

conversant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of convers?

English

Etymology

in- +? conversant

Adjective

inconversant (comparative more inconversant, superlative most inconversant)

1. Not conversant or acquainted (with something); unfamiliar.