Revulsant (noun)(historic) (rare)
ree-vul-sant
A medicine or treatment used to produce revulsion; a revulsive; a counterirritant.
Early 19th century. From revulse + -ant.
Example sentences
“We gave him a revulsant but the effects were not what we thought.”
Praetorian (adj) (noun) pri-taw-ree-un of or relating to a praetor (a magistrate in the Roman republic). a soldier of the Praetorian Guard (Roman imperial army) First recorded in 1375–1425; late…
