Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Something which causes revulsion.
- Causing revulsion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Causing revulsion; revulsive.
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- adjective obsolete Causing
revulsion ;revulsive .
Etymologies
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Latin revellens.
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Examples
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-- Ubi irritatio ibi affluxus est is a pathological axiom, and upon it the whole problem of the revellent action of Medicines is based.
An Epitome of Practical Surgery, for Field and Hospital. 1863
mollusque commented on the word revellent
n., something that causes revulsion; adj., revulsive.
(Not the spoonerism of relevant).
November 25, 2007