interpellant

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adjective

interrupting.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

adjectiveinterpellant (comparative more interpellant, superlative most interpellant)

comparative more interpellant · superlative most interpellant

  1. obsoleteinterrupting.
nouninterpellant (plural interpellants)

plural interpellants

  1. obsoleteOne who, or that which, interpels; an interrupter

Origin

  1. Latininterpellans
  2. Englishinterpellant

From Latin interpellans. See interpel.

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APA

interpellant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interpellant

MLA

“interpellant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interpellant. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “interpellant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/interpellant.

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