repugnantyoudaoicibaDictYouDict[repugnant 词源字典]
repugnant: see pugnacious
[repugnant etymology, repugnant origin, 英语词源]
repugnant (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
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.