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oppugnancies

oppugnancies is the plural of oppugnancy.

Meaning of oppugnancy

Noun

oppugnancy (countable and uncountable, plural oppugnancies)

  1. (archaic, higher register) The act of oppugning; opposition; resistance
    • Take but degree away, untune that string,
      And, hark, what discord follows! each thing meets
      In mere oppugnancy […]c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Questions about oppugnancies

What is oppugnancies the plural of?
Oppugnancies is the plural of oppugnancy.

Words near oppugnancies in the dictionary

  1. oppugn
  2. oppugnable
  3. oppugnacy
  4. oppugnance
  5. oppugnances
  6. oppugnancies
  7. oppugnancy
  8. oppugnant
  9. oppugnants
  10. oppugnate
  11. oppugnated

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