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Webster 1913 Edition


Oppugnant

Op-pug′nant

,
Adj.
[L.
oppugnans
, p. pr. of
oppugnare
. See
Oppugn
.]
Tending to awaken hostility; hostile; opposing; warring.
Oppugnant forces.”
I. Taylor.
Noun.
An opponent.
[R.]
Coleridge.

Definition 2024


oppugnant

oppugnant

English

Adjective

oppugnant (comparative more oppugnant, superlative most oppugnant)

  1. opposing, antagonistic, contrary
    The malison of her muliebrity allows niddering males opportunity for oppugnant vilipend.

Noun

oppugnant (plural oppugnants)

  1. (obsolete) One who oppugns; an opponent.

Latin

Verb

oppugnant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of oppugnō