truant: [13] A truant was originally a ‘beggar’ or ‘vagrant’. The word was borrowed from Old French truant ‘vagabond’, which in turn came from Gaulish trugant- (amongst its Celtic relatives are Gaelic trudanach ‘vagabond’ and Welsh truan ‘wretched’). The word was not applied to absconding schoolchildren until the 15th century.
truant (n.)
c. 1200, "beggar, vagabond," from Old French truant "beggar, rogue" (12c.), as an adjective, "wretched, miserable, of low caste," from Gaulish *trougant- (compare Breton *truan, later truant "vagabond," Welsh truan "wretch," Gaelic truaghan "wretched"), of uncertain origin. Compare Spanish truhan "buffoon," from same source. Meaning "one who wanders from an appointed place," especially "a child who stays away from school without leave" is first attested mid-15c.
truant (adj.)
"idle, loitering, given to shirking duty or business," 1540s, from truant (n.).
例文
1. She was getting into trouble over playing truant from school.
彼女は授業をサボってトラブルを起こした。
2.I found the truant throwing stones in the river.
授業をサボった学生が川に石を投げているのを見つけた。
3.How dared you to play truant ！
あなたは学校をサボるなんて。
4.He was reprimanded for playing truant .
彼は学校をサボったことで厳しく叱責された。
5.My father gave me a thick ear when heard I 'd been playing truant .