Definitions
Insincere talk, specialized jargon, or a tilt.
Word origin
From Latin cantō, probably via Old Northern French canter (“sing, tell”). Doublet of chant.
Used in a sentence
“He had the look of a prince, but the cant of a fishmonger.”
“He is too well grounded for all your philoſophical Cant to hurt.”
“Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world,—though the cant of hypocrites may be the worſt,—the cant of criticiſm is the moſt tormenting!”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Insincere jargon”4 letters
02“Tilt to one side”4 letters
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