repugnatoryadj.

Brit.

/rᵻˈpʌɡnət(ə)ri/, U.S.

/rəˈpəɡnəˌtɔri/,

/riˈpəɡnəˌtɔri/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin repugnātōrius.

Etymology: < classical Latin repugnātōrius of defence or resistance, defensive < repugnāt- , past participial stem of repugnāre repugn v. + -ōrius -ory suffix². In sense 1 probably after Middle French repugnatoire (1546). Compare later repugnate v. and also repugnatorial adj. Compare earlier repugn v., repugnant adj., etc.

†1. Defensive. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > defence > [adjective] > affording defence

defensiblea1382

defensivea1400

defensory1552

fenciblea1572

fensive1582

defencing1583

defensative1596

defendant1597

repugnatory1737

1737 J. Ozell tr. F. Rabelais Wks. III. Prol. p. vii Others made ready Bows..and others Warlike Engines, repugnatory and destructive.

1737 J. Ozell in tr. F. Rabelais Wks. III. xxxi. 211 (note) He calls 'em Repugnatory Weapons, not Expugnatory weapons as our Translator [sc. Urquhart] inadvertently turns it.

2. Zoology. = repugnatorial adj.

ΚΠ

1841 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 131 123 The thirteenth or last of the new segments, which may be called the germinal segment,..has no repugnatory foramen.

1947 Amer. Midland Naturalist 37 594 Wheeler characterizes the odor of the fluid emitted by their [sc. ants'] anal or repugnatory glands as ‘a peculiar smoky or pungent odor’.

1999 S. Hubbell Waiting for Aphrodite iv. 55 Some [millipedes] produce chemicals that are not only antifungal, antibacterial, and stain blue but are ‘repugnatory’ ,in biological jargon, defending the animal from being eaten.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	repugnatory
释义	repugnatoryadj. Brit. /rᵻˈpʌɡnət(ə)ri/, U.S. /rəˈpəɡnəˌtɔri/, /riˈpəɡnəˌtɔri/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin repugnātōrius. Etymology: < classical Latin repugnātōrius of defence or resistance, defensive < repugnāt- , past participial stem of repugnāre repugn v. + -ōrius -ory suffix². In sense 1 probably after Middle French repugnatoire (1546). Compare later repugnate v. and also repugnatorial adj. Compare earlier repugn v., repugnant adj., etc. †1. Defensive. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > [adjective] > affording defence defensiblea1382 defensivea1400 defensory1552 fenciblea1572 fensive1582 defencing1583 defensative1596 defendant1597 repugnatory1737 1737 J. Ozell tr. F. Rabelais Wks. III. Prol. p. vii Others made ready Bows..and others Warlike Engines, repugnatory and destructive. 1737 J. Ozell in tr. F. Rabelais Wks. III. xxxi. 211 (note) He calls 'em Repugnatory Weapons, not Expugnatory weapons as our Translator [sc. Urquhart] inadvertently turns it. 2. Zoology. = repugnatorial adj. ΚΠ 1841 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 131 123 The thirteenth or last of the new segments, which may be called the germinal segment,..has no repugnatory foramen. 1947 Amer. Midland Naturalist 37 594 Wheeler characterizes the odor of the fluid emitted by their [sc. ants'] anal or repugnatory glands as ‘a peculiar smoky or pungent odor’. 1999 S. Hubbell Waiting for Aphrodite iv. 55 Some [millipedes] produce chemicals that are not only antifungal, antibacterial, and stain blue but are ‘repugnatory’ ,in biological jargon, defending the animal from being eaten. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1737
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