† propugnacledadj.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: propugnacle n., -ed suffix2.
Etymology: < propugnacle n. + -ed suffix2.
Obsolete.
1875 R. D. Blackmore Alice Lorraine lxxvi, in 8 May 351/2 The smallest of them [sc. opals] is larger and finer than that..which is called ‘Troy burning’, from the propugnacled flash of its movement.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online September 2019).