allective

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin allectīvus (“that allures”).

Noun

allective (plural allectives)

(obsolete) An allurement, enticement.
- 1651, Jer Taylor, “.] ”, in ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ . A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. , 2nd edition, London: Richard Royston , published 1654, →OCLC:
  disease that will not yield to the allectives of cordials and perfumes

Adjective

allective (comparative more allective, superlative most allective)

(obsolete) Alluring.
- 1588, G H, “ Sonnet XVII. His Exhortation to Atonement and Love.”, in J P C[ollier], editor, Fovre Letters, and Certaine Sonnets, (Miscellaneous Tracts Temp. Eliz. & Jac. I), , →OCLC, page 77:
  Magnes and many thinges attractive are, / But nothing ſo allective under ſkyes, / As that ſame dainty amiable ſtarre, / That none but griſly mouth of hell defyes.

References

“allective”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

vellicate

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /al.leːkˈtiː.u̯e/,
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /al.lekˈti.ve/,

Adjective

allēctīve

vocative singular masculine of allēctīvus

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