Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

contrariant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: con-trari-ant
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Contrary or antagonistic.

noun

A thing that is contrary or of opposite qualities.

Example Sentences

"the struggles of contrariant factions"
"The learned Chancellor concludes:—“We have long ago satisfied ourselves that natural science, as represented by Darwin, is not contrariant to revealed religon, and it is a wholesome thing to be remnided that every good and perfect gift cometh from the Father of Light.”"

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English contrariaunt, from Old French contrariant, from Late Latin contrāriāns, present participle of contrāriō.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: contrariaunt, contrariant, contrāriāns

Inflected Forms

more contrariant (comparative) most contrariant (superlative) contrariants (plural)

Derived Forms

contrariantly

Synonyms

antipodean antithetical contrariant contradictory contrariwise contrary contrasted converse counter cross inverse inverted

Questions

What does contrariant mean?: Contrary or antagonistic.
Where does contrariant come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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