See Also: repugn(dictionary)

cholla (iou) and repugn (iou)


cholla (iou)



cholla noun. US. Also choya. M19.
[Mexican Spanish use of Spanish = skull, head, of unkn. origin.]
Any of various opuntias of Mexico and the south-western US.

repugn (iou)



repugn verb. LME.
[Latin repugnare, formed as RE- + pugnare fight.]
verb intrans. Be contradictory or inconsistent; be contrary or opposed to a thing. Formerly also foll. by to. Now rare or obsolete. LME.
verb intrans. Offer opposition; resist, object. Formerly also foll. by at, to. Now rare. LME.
b. Fight or contend against. Now rare. LME.
verb trans.
a. Fight against, resist, repel (a person). LME-M17.
b. Oppose, resist, contend against (a thing); reject, refute. LME.
R. C. Hutchinson Foolish masculine notions about repugning weakness.
verb trans. Be contrary or opposed to (a thing). LME-L17.
verb trans. & intrans. Affect (a person) with repugnance or aversion. M19.
Harper's Magazine Afraid of saying nothing: no term repugned her.
repugner noun (rare) a person who repugns LME.