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revellent

revellent adjective: causing revulsion; revulsive.

Adjective

revellent (comparative more revellent, superlative most revellent)

  1. (obsolete) Causing revulsion; revulsive.
    • The local remoræ of blood which occur in cholera infantum here, will not bear, as a general practice, the abstraction of blood for their relief; they are more under the control of revellent remedies, not of a depletive kind.1855, “Report on the Diseases of Missouri and Iowa”, in The Transactions of the American Medical Association, volume VIII, Philadelphia, Pa.: Printed for the [American Medical] Association, by T. K....

Forms of revellent

comparativemore revellent
superlativemost revellent

Origin of revellent

From Latin revellens.

Questions about revellent

What does revellent mean?
Revellent means causing revulsion; revulsive.
What part of speech is revellent?
Revellent is an adjective.

Words near revellent in the dictionary

  1. revelings
  2. Revell
  3. Revelle
  4. Revelle factor
  5. revelled
  6. revellent
  7. reveller
  8. revellers
  9. revellest
  10. revelleth
  11. revelling

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