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oppugnant

[uh-puhg-nuhnt]

adjective

opposing; antagonistic; contrary.

Origin:
1505–15; < Latin oppugnant- (stem of oppugnāns), present participle of oppugnāre to oppose. See oppugn, -ant

Related forms

op·pug·nan·cy, noun

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oppugnant (əˈpʌɡnənt)

—*adj*
	rare combative, antagonistic, or contrary

op'pugnancy

—n

op'pugnantly

—*adv*

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