sans

Meanings

1. 1
   prep

   without a person or thing, often used for concise, humorous, or literary effect

   He arrived at the formal dinner sans jacket and tie.

2. 2
   noun

   a sans-serif typeface or a character printed in one

   The designer paired a bold sans with a traditional serif for the headings.

From Middle English saun or sans, borrowed from Anglo-French san or sanz, ultimately a modification of Latin sine, "without." The noun is a twentieth-century shortening of sans serif, the typographic term for lettering without finishing strokes.

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