| 单词 | incapacitant |
| 释义 | incapacitant in British English (ˌɪnkəˈpæsɪtənt) noun a substance that can temporarily incapacitate a person, used esp as a weapon in chemical warfare incapacitant in American English (ˌinkəˈpæsɪtənt) noun something, as a chemical spray, that incapacitates an individual to use incapacitants for riot control Word origin [1960–65; incapacit(ate) + -ant]This word is first recorded in the period 1960–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Pap test, buyback, go-go, parvovirus, zip code-ant is a suffix forming adjectives and nouns from verbs, occurring originally in Frenchand Latin loanwords (pleasant; constant; servant) and productive in English on this model; -ant has the general sense “characterized by or serving in the capacity of” that namedby the stem (ascendant; pretendant), esp. in the formation of nouns denoting human agents in legal actions or otherformal procedures (tenant; defendant; applicant; contestant). In technical and commercial coinages, -ant is a suffix of nouns denoting impersonal physical agents (propellant; lubricant; deodorant). In general, -ant can be added only to bases of Latin origin, with a very few exceptions, as coolantExamples of 'incapacitant' in a sentence |
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