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repugnant
English
Etymology
Borrowed 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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???p??n?nt/
- Hyphenation: re?pug?nant
Adjective
repugnant (comparative more repugnant, superlative most repugnant)
- Offensive or repulsive; arousing disgust or aversion.
- (law) Opposed or in conflict.
Usage notes
- Nouns to which "repugnant" is often applied: act, nature, behavior, practice, character, thing, crime.
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- repugnant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- repugnant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- pregnaunt
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin repugn?ns, attested from 1803.
Adjective
repugnant (masculine and feminine plural repugnants)
- repugnant, revolting
Related terms
- repugnància
- repugnar
Further reading
- “repugnant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “repugnant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “repugnant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
References
Latin
Verb
repugnant
- third-person plural present active indicative of repugn?
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French repugnant.
Adjective
repugnant m (feminine singular repugnante, masculine plural repugnans, feminine plural repugnantes)
- repugnant; repulsive
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin repugnans, repugnantem.
Adjective
repugnant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular repugnant or repugnante)
- contradictory
- opposing; adversary
Descendants
- ? English: repugnant
- Middle French: repugnant
- French: répugnant
Romanian
Etymology
From French répugnant.
Adjective
repugnant m or n (feminine singular repugnant?, masculine plural repugnan?i, feminine and neuter plural repugnante)
- repugnant
Declension
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irreconcilable
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French irréconciliable, from Late Latin irreconcili?bilis, from in- (“not”) + reconcili? (“I reconcile”) + -?bilis (“-able”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
irreconcilable (comparative more irreconcilable, superlative most irreconcilable)
- Unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising.
- Incompatible, discrepant, contradictory.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 26
- I amused myself by thinking that in his choice of books he showed pleasantly the irreconcilable sides of his fantastic nature.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 26
Synonyms
- (unable to be reconciled): hostile, hateful, antagonistic
Derived terms
- irreconcilableness
- irreconcilability
Related terms
- irreconciliation
Translations
Noun
irreconcilable (plural irreconcilables)
- Something that cannot be reconciled.
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