Pronounced: koom, noun
Notes: Not a typo!
Yesterday’s word
The word rebarbative means “repellant; irritating”
First usage
Our word came into English in the late 1800s
Background / Comments
It is neat to have another word for “irritating”! Our word came from the middle French word rebarber (to oppose; confront) — literally, “to go beard to beard”, which came from the Latin word barba (beard). The same Latin word is the root of “beard” and “barb” — consider that a beard, especially when growing, can be prickly or scratchy.
