repugnant
/ɹɪˈpʌɡnənt/rih-PUHG-nuhnt
/ɹɪˈpʌɡnənt/rih-PUHG-nuhnt
Meaningfighting back
Common meaning: disgusting
- reagain; back
- pugnto fight; a fistLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1488 · scan
- antadjective ending: being
‘again’ + ‘to fight’ → repugnant
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin pugnō; pugnus ‘to fight; a fist’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry pugnō, p. 1488 · dictionary scan
Roots
- pugnō; pugnus Latin “to fight; a fist”
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