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What is "rebarbative"

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
rebarbative

"repellent, unattractive," 1885, from French rébarbatif (14c.), from barbe "beard," from Latin barba (see barb (n.)).

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rebarbative

a. irritating, repellent.

WordNet
rebarbative

adj. serving or tending to repel; "he became rebarbative and prickly and spiteful"; "I find his obsequiousness repellent" [syn: repellent, repellant]

Usage examples of "rebarbative".

Maltby had dwelt - as he invariably did - on the rebarbative topic of the Canal.