Meanings
adjectiverestagnant (comparative more restagnant, superlative most restagnant)
comparative more restagnant · superlative most restagnant
- obsoletestagnant; motionless
restagnant Quicksilver
1659 December 30 (date written), Robert Boyle, New Experiments Physico-Mechanicall, Touching the Spring of the Air, and Its Effects […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] H[enry] Hall, printer to the University, for Tho[mas] Robinson, published 1660, →OCLC
Origin
- Latinrestagnans
- Englishrestagnant
Latin restagnans, present participle
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restagnant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/restagnant
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