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repentine

repentine adjective: unexpected.

Adjective

repentine

  1. unexpected

Origin of repentine

Borrowed from Latin repentīnus.

Questions about repentine

What does repentine mean?
Repentine means unexpected.
What part of speech is repentine?
Repentine is an adjective.

Words near repentine in the dictionary

  1. repenter
  2. repenters
  3. repentest
  4. repenteth
  5. Repentigny
  6. repentine
  7. repenting
  8. repentingly
  9. repentings
  10. repentista
  11. repentistas

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