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repellent

adj
/ɹəˈpɛlənt/UK/ɹəˈpɛlənt/US

Etymology

From Latin repellēns. Equivalent to repel + -ent.

  1. derived from repellēns

Definitions

  1. Repulsive, inspiring aversion.

    • The mixture of whey, beetroot juice, and spirulina seems repellent to me.
    • People are rightly and justifiably terrified with our culture. Many aspects of it are destructive and repellant.
    • [Martin] Heidegger's repellent political beliefs do not contaminate his philosophical work.

  2. Resistant or impervious to something.

    • All that fabric's supposed to be dust-repellent.

  3. Tending or able to repel

    Tending or able to repel; driving back.

    • These particles exercise a-highly repellent force.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A substance or solution used to repel insects, dangerous animals, or other pests.

      • None of the mosquito repellents we've tried work.

    2. A substance or treatment for a fabric etc to make it impervious to something.

      • They applied dirt repellent to the sports car.

    3. Someone or something that repels.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at repellent. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at repellent. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at repellent

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA