repugnant的词源

英文词源

repugnant

repugnant: see pugnacious

repugnant (adj.)

late 14c., "contrary, contradictory," from Old French repugnant "contradictory, opposing" or directly from Latin repugnantem (nominative repugnans), present participle of repugnare "to resist, fight back, oppose; disagree, be incompatible," from re- "back" (see re-) + pugnare "to fight" (see pugnacious). Meaning "distasteful, objectionable" is from 1777.

中文词源

repugnant：厌恶的，恶心的

re-,向后，往回，-pugn,拳头，词源同 pugnacious,puncture.比喻用法。

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