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Webster 1913 Edition

Distant

Dis′tant

,
Adj.
[F., fr. L.
distans
,
-antis
, p. pr. of
distare
to stand apart, be separate or distant;
dis-
+
stare
to stand. See
Stand
.]
1.
Separated; having an intervening space; at a distance; away.
One board had two tenons, equally
distant
.
Ex. xxxvi. 22.
Diana’s temple is not
distant
far.
Shakespeare
2.
Far separated; far off; not near; remote; – in place, time, consanguinity, or connection;
as,
distant
times;
distant
relatives.
The success of these
distant
enterprises.
Prescott.
3.
Reserved or repelling in manners; cold; not cordial; somewhat haughty;
as, a
distant
manner
.
He passed me with a
distant
bow.
Goldsmith.
4.
Indistinct; faint; obscure, as from distance.
Some
distant
knowledge.
Shakespeare
A
distant
glimpse.
W. Irving.
Syn. – Separate; far; remote; aloof; apart; asunder; slight; faint; indirect; indistinct.

Webster 1828 Edition

Distant

DISTANT

,
Adj.
[L., standing apart.]
1.
Separate; having an intervening space of any indefinite extent. One point may be less than a line or a hairs breadth distant from another. Saturn is supposed to be nearly nine hundred million miles distant from the sun.
2.
Remote in place; as, a distant object appears under a small angle.
3.
Remote in time, past or future; as a distant age or period of the world.
4.
Remote in the line of succession or descent, indefinitely; as a distant descendant; a distant ancestor; distant posterity.
5.
Remote in natural connection or consanguinity; as a distant relation; distant kindred; a distant collateral line.
6.
Remote in nature; not allied; not agreeing with or in conformity to; as practice very distant from principles or profession.
7.
Remote in view; slight; faint; not very likely to be realized; as, we have a distant hope or prospect of seeing better times.
8.
Remote in connection; slight; faint; indirect; not easily seen or understood; as a distant hint or allusion to a person or subject. So also we say, a distant idea; a distant thought; a distant resemblance.
9.
Reserved; shy; implying haughtiness, coldness of affection, indifference, or disrespect; as, the manners of a person are distant.

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