oppugnable
UK/əˈpjuːnəbəl/
oppugnable adjective: disputable, contestable, refutable, capable of being oppugned.
Adjective
oppugnable (comparative more oppugnable, superlative most oppugnable)
- Disputable, contestable, refutable, capable of being oppugned.
- Judicious Reader, THOU may'st (peradventure) no less wonder at the strangeness of the Paradox, than at the publication hereof in an English Dialect, and the rather because it is no vulgar Theme …: Yet, by the way, let me advise thee to suspend thy censures, (which at first view, 'tis probable, thou...1692, J. C., “The Translator to the Reader”, in Anne Conway, The Principles of the Most Ancient and Modern Philosophy https://books.google.cz/books?id=2ndjAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP14&dq=%22oppugnable%22&hl=cs&sa...
- The Prince of Orators directs all Polemics to exert their Fire and Force on those Points of their Cause which are most solid and plausible, and to glide gently over, or altogether omit those which are weakest and most oppugnable.1772, Causidico-Mastix, “A complete VINDICATION of a late APOLOGETICAL LETTER from Princeton.” in Extracts from American Newspapers, Relating to New Jersey. Vol. IX 1772–1773 (= Documents Relating to...
- Curable, amenable to medical treatment.
- Consult, on the other hand, the advocates for cold bathing, Floyer and Baynard, for instance, should implicit credit be given to their panegyricks, there are few diseases which are not oppugnable by immersion in cold water.1782, William Black, An Historical Sketch of Medicine and Surgery, from their origin to the present time ..., page 266
- No dangerous diseases almost whatsoever, are more successfully oppugnable under discreet medical regimen [than are the fevers hitherto described] ; and when entrusted to nature, from the days of Hippocrates to the present time, they have ever been extremely fatal.1788, William Black, A Comparative View of the Mortality of the Human Species, &c., C. Dilly, page 101
- Assailable, exposed to enemy's attack.
- A redoubt and battery at Hellgate were destined to prevent the passage of the enemy's ships to and fro in the Sound. Similar works were contemplated on the North River, and the oppugnable portions of the town were reformed and strengthened.1839, Samuel Ward, Jr., “The Battle of Long-Island”, in The Knickerbocker, 13 (4) April, page 284
Forms of oppugnable
| comparative | more oppugnable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most oppugnable |
Origin of oppugnable
From oppugn + -able.
Questions about oppugnable
- What does oppugnable mean?
- Oppugnable means disputable, contestable, refutable, capable of being oppugned.
- What part of speech is oppugnable?
- Oppugnable is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce oppugnable?
- Oppugnable is pronounced /əˈpjuːnəbəl/ (UK).
Words near oppugnable in the dictionary
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