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   There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the word oppugnant. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   Rare combative, antagonistic, or contrary.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

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   Oppugnant definition: opposing; antagonistic; contrary.. See examples of OPPUGNANT used in a sentence.

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   Spelling Bee Quiz Can you outdo past winners of the National Spelli... Take the quiz. The meaning of OPPUGNANT is hostile, opposing, antagonistic.

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   oppugnant (comparative more oppugnant, superlative most oppugnant) opposing , antagonistic , contrary The malison of her muliebrity allows niddering males opportunity for oppugnant vilipend. Noun

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   The earliest known use of the adjective oppugnable is in the mid 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for oppugnable is from 1646, in the writing of John Goodwin, Independent minister. oppugnable is formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: oppugn v., ‑able suffix.

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   What does oppugnancy mean?

   • oppugnancy: oppugnancy (English) Origin & history oppugnant + -cy Noun oppugnancy (pl. oppugnancies) the act of oppugning; opposition; resistance See also oppugnant oppugnants: oppugnants (English) Noun oppugnants Plural of oppugnant

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   Where did the word oppugnant come from?

   • The earliest known use of the word oppugnant is in the early 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for oppugnant is from before 1513, in the writing of Henry Bradshaw, scholar and hagiographer. oppugnant is a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin oppugnant-, oppugnāns, oppugnāre.

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   When was oppugnant first used?

   • [ 1505–15; ‹ L oppugnant- (s. of oppugnāns ), prp. of oppugnāre to oppose. See oppugn, -ant] This word is first recorded in the period 1505–15. Other words that entered English at around the same time include: alternate, joggle, producer, runaway, wagon Rare combative, antagonistic, or contrary....

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   Where did oppugnancy come from?

   • OED's earliest evidence for oppugnancy is from 1609, in the writing of William Shakespeare, playwright and poet. oppugnancy is of multiple origins. Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Latin oppugnantia; oppugnant adj., ‑ancy suffix.

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   There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun oppugnancy. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. How is the noun oppugnancy pronounced?