oppugnancyn.

Brit.

/əˈpʌɡnənsi/, U.S.

/əˈpəɡnənsi/

Forms: 1600s oppugnancie, 1700s– oppugnancy.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Latin oppugnantia ; oppugnant adj., -ancy suffix.

Etymology: Either < post-classical Latin oppugnantia (6th cent.; < classical Latin oppugnant- , oppugnāns oppugnant adj. + -ia -y suffix³) or < oppugnant adj.: see -ancy suffix. Compare later oppugnance n.

Now rare.

The quality or state of being oppugnant; the fact or action of oppugning; opposition; antagonism; conflict.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun]

contrariositya1340

adversitya1382

champertyc1386

contrariousness1398

thwartingc1430

contrariancec1450

contrariness?1530

withsitting1532

oppugning1535

opposition1548

oppugnation1563

thwartness1577

adverseness1580

crossing1580

breasting1594

antipathy1601

oppugnancy1609

affrontment1611

opposure1611

thortera1614

contrariancya1617

obstancy1616

oppositeness1619

contropposition1621

obstrigillation1623

opposing1624

hostility1632

opposal1638

crossness1641

affront1642

aversion1651

oppugnance1657

shock1664

opponency1727

counteraction1750

antagonism1797

throwing1816

oppositiveness1824

kick1839

variance1842

opposedness1853

againstness1909

hornet1921

adversariness1970

oppositionality1989

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. iii. 111 Vntune that string, And harke what discord followes, each thing melts In meere oppugnancie .

1713 Ld. Shaftesbury Notion Hist. Draught Judgm. Hercules v. 29 Such a Confusion, Oppugnancy, and Riot of Colours.

1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 278 Whatever is placed in active and direct Oppugnancy to the Good is, ipso facto, positive Evil.

1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity VI. xiv. viii. 565 The more dominant hierarchism of the West is manifest in the oppugnancy between Greek and Latin Church Architecture.

1892 Academy 9 Apr. 341/2 Involving no strife of ideas, no oppugnancy of principles.

1984 Spectator 23 June 22/1 Young teachers whose own education has been completed amidst systematised disorder and oppugnancy.

1991 R. Brookhiser Way of WASP (1992) iii. 36 The code is a shrewd and deliberate composition of virtually antithetical vocabularies that meet not in mere oppugnancy..but in a deeply fused harmony.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	oppugnancy
释义	oppugnancyn. Brit. /əˈpʌɡnənsi/, U.S. /əˈpəɡnənsi/ Forms: 1600s oppugnancie, 1700s– oppugnancy. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Latin oppugnantia ; oppugnant adj., -ancy suffix. Etymology: Either < post-classical Latin oppugnantia (6th cent.; < classical Latin oppugnant- , oppugnāns oppugnant adj. + -ia -y suffix³) or < oppugnant adj.: see -ancy suffix. Compare later oppugnance n. Now rare. The quality or state of being oppugnant; the fact or action of oppugning; opposition; antagonism; conflict. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] contrariositya1340 adversitya1382 champertyc1386 contrariousness1398 thwartingc1430 contrariancec1450 contrariness?1530 withsitting1532 oppugning1535 opposition1548 oppugnation1563 thwartness1577 adverseness1580 crossing1580 breasting1594 antipathy1601 oppugnancy1609 affrontment1611 opposure1611 thortera1614 contrariancya1617 obstancy1616 oppositeness1619 contropposition1621 obstrigillation1623 opposing1624 hostility1632 opposal1638 crossness1641 affront1642 aversion1651 oppugnance1657 shock1664 opponency1727 counteraction1750 antagonism1797 throwing1816 oppositiveness1824 kick1839 variance1842 opposedness1853 againstness1909 hornet1921 adversariness1970 oppositionality1989 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. iii. 111 Vntune that string, And harke what discord followes, each thing melts In meere oppugnancie . View more context for this quotation 1713 Ld. Shaftesbury Notion Hist. Draught Judgm. Hercules v. 29 Such a Confusion, Oppugnancy, and Riot of Colours. 1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 278 Whatever is placed in active and direct Oppugnancy to the Good is, ipso facto, positive Evil. 1855 H. H. Milman Hist. Lat. Christianity VI. xiv. viii. 565 The more dominant hierarchism of the West is manifest in the oppugnancy between Greek and Latin Church Architecture. 1892 Academy 9 Apr. 341/2 Involving no strife of ideas, no oppugnancy of principles. 1984 Spectator 23 June 22/1 Young teachers whose own education has been completed amidst systematised disorder and oppugnancy. 1991 R. Brookhiser Way of WASP (1992) iii. 36 The code is a shrewd and deliberate composition of virtually antithetical vocabularies that meet not in mere oppugnancy..but in a deeply fused harmony. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1609
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