interpellant

[ in-ter-pel-uhnt ]

noun

1. a person who interpellates; interpellator.

interpellant

/ ˌɪntəˈpɛlənt /

adjective

1. causing an interpellation

noun

1. a deputy who interpellates

Word History and Origins

Origin of interpellant¹

1865–70; < Latin interpellant- (stem of interpellāns ) present participle of interpellāre to interrupt, equivalent to inter- inter- + -pellant- speaking; appellant

Example Sentences

He merely wished his interpellant to observe again that the unification of the literary spirit and the scientific spirit was degrading the literary man to the level of the scientific man.

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