Capable of absorbing or soaking up liquids or other substances; having the quality of absorption.
From 'absorb' + '-ant' (having the quality of). This is an older spelling variant of 'absorbent' that appears in older texts and some regional English variants.
The spelling 'absorbant' is actually considered non-standard now—English settled on 'absorbent,' but old books and documents use different spellings. It shows how English spelling standardized over time!
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