oppugnant
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- oppugnancy noun
- oppugnantly adverb
Etymology
Origin of oppugnant
1505–15; < Latin oppugnant- (stem of oppugnāns ), present participle of oppugnāre to oppose. See oppugn, -ant
Example Sentences
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He is no boxer as Tunney was a boxer, but he is an oppugnant fighter with a fine disregard for other people's punches.
From Time Magazine Archive
That his whole soul was energetically oppugnant, I need not say.
From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) by Morley, John
He would not object to the publishing of 'Peter Bell,' or the 'Salisbury Plain' singly; but to the publishing of his poems in two volumes, he is decisively repugnant and oppugnant.
From Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey by Cottle, Joseph
Of course all this effect of oppugnant economical interests is under the guidance of the directors of evolution, who generally have their human servants to masquerade as characters widely different from the true.
From The Brothers' War by Reed, John Calvin
He goes on, "Cur clandestinis consiliis nos oppugnant? cur de perfugis nostris copias comparant contra nos?"
From Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker. by Jones, E.
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