What does "repercussive" mean?
Repercussive: Repellent. [Obs.] "Blood is stanched by astringent and repecussive medicines." Bacon.
Additional senses
- 2.Driven back; rebounding; reverberated. "Rages loud the repercussive roar." Thomson.
- 3.A repellent. [Obs.] Bacon.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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