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▪ I. † ˈpugnant, a.1 Obs.
[ad. L. pugnāns, -āntem, pres. pple. of pugn-āre to fight.]
Conflicting, hostile, opposed, repugnant.
1582Stanyhurst æneis iv. (Arb.) 110 Thee fate's are pugnant, God, his ears quight stifned in hardnesse. 1645Ussher Body Div. (1647) 228 Rites of Religion, which are pugnant to God's word. 1686A. Horneck Crucif. Jesus xix. 552 Governed by..contrariety of pugnant humours.
Hence † ˈpugnancy, conflicting quality.
1660Burney κέρδ. Δῶρον (1661) 106, I so..bear rule in these great Courts, that the Ballances of Justice are kept even, Prerogative and priviledge having no pugnancie.
▪ II. † ˈpugnant, -aunt, a.2 Obs.
[An intermediate form between poignant and pungent. Cf. OF. pongnant, puignant, early variants of poignant, from poindre, puindre, pugnre:—L. pungĕre to pierce.]
Piercing, poignant.
c1400Rom. Rose 1879 The God of Love an arowe took; Ful sharp it was and pugnaunt. 1529More Dyaloge iii. Wks. 224/2 Your wordes..be somewhat pugnant and sharpe. |