repugnant
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French repugnant, borrowed from Latin repugnans, present participle of repugnare (“to oppose, to fight against”), from re- (“back, against”) + pugnare (“to fight”); see pugnacious.
Adjective [edit]
repugnant (comparative more repugnant, superlative most repugnant)
Usage notes [edit]
- Nouns to which "repugnant" is often applied: act, nature, behavior, practice, character, thing, crime.
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion
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(law) opposed or in conflict
External links [edit]
- repugnant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- repugnant in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Latin [edit]
Verb [edit]
repugnant
- third-person plural present active indicative of repugnō
Middle French [edit]
Adjective [edit]
repugnant m (feminine singular repugnante, masculine plural repugnans, feminine plural repugnantes)
Old French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Borrowed from Latin repugnans, repugnantem.
Adjective [edit]
repugnant m
Descendants [edit]
- English: repugnant (borrowed)
