versant

/ˈvɜː(ɹ)sənt/

Etymology

Borrowed from French versant, present participle (used as a noun) of verser, from Latin versō, frequentative of vertō (“to turn”).

adj

  1. Experienced, practiced.“I do not profess to be particularly versant with heraldry or heraldic language; but, […]”
  2. Conversant.“This practice is so utterly ridiculous to any body but lawyers (to whom nothing that is customary is ridiculous), that men not versant with courts of justice will not believe it.”

noun

  1. A slope of a mountain or mountain ridge.
  2. The overall slope of a region.