English Dictionary: Contrariant | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Contrariant \Con*tra"ri*ant\, a. [LL. contrarians, p. pr. of contrariare to oppose, fr. L. contrarius: cf. F. contrariant, p. pr. of contrarier to contradict. See {Contrary}.] Contrary; opposed; antagonistic; inconsistent; contradictory. [R.] The struggles of contrariant factions. --Coleridge. |