Levitant

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. A being or individual that experiences elevation, whether in a physical sense by rising or ascending, or in a spiritual manner by gaining higher wisdom or enlightenment
2. An entity characterized by an upward movement or advancement, both literally through ascent and figuratively through spiritual awakening or growth
3. An individual or object capable of or exhibiting the act of rising or floating in the air without support

Etymology: The root is Latin "levis," meaning "light," as in not heavy. From it came "levitas," "lightness." English later took that idea of lightness and made it describe the defeat of weight itself. "Levitate" was formed on the same Latin base, and "levitant" is the adjective built on it, using the Latin present-participle ending "-ant," the same ending found in "radiant." The word therefore moves from a quality of weight to an act of rising. Something "levitant" is not simply light in the sense of having little mass. It is described as being in the process of lifting free of the ground or of any support.