oppugnant

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You may see my attitude as defensive and oppugnant, but I vaticinate further derogation of our incomparable tongue should such complots be permitted to unfold

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  1. Resisting; opposing; repugnant; hostile. It is directly oppugnant to the laws established. Darcie, Annals of Queen Elizabeth, p. 36.
  2. One who oppugns; an opponent. Coleridge. [Rare.]

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  1. = Italian oppugnante, from Latin oppugnan(t-)s, present participle of oppugnare, fight against: see oppugn.
 

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