allective

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English

Etymology

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

Noun

allective (plural allectives)

  1. (obsolete) An allurement.

Adjective

allective (comparative more allective, superlative most allective)

  1. (obsolete) Alluring.
    • 1588, G[abriel] H[arvey], “ Sonnet XVII. His Exhortation to Atonement and Love.”, in J[ohn] P[ayne] 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.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “allective”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

allēctīve

  1. vocative singular masculine of allēctīvus
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