Tuesday, April 12, 2011

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Word of the Day for Tuesday, April 12, 2011

oppugn \uh-PYOON\, verb:

1. To assail by criticism, argument, or action.
2. To call in question; dispute.

Aspects of the Novel, published in 1927, was one of the first critical works to oppugn modernism.
-- John A. Dern, Monsters, Martians and Madonna: Fiction and Form In the World of Martin Amis
I do not wish to oppugn the character of Miss Goodrich by bearing false witness in regard to her activities.
-- Jeffrey D. Marshall, The Inquest

Oppugn is born from the combination the Latin op-, "to oppose, attack," and pugnare, "to fight," similar to pugilsim.


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