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English
Etymology
From classical Latin animadvers-, past participial stem of animadvertere (“animadvert”) + -ive. Compare post-classical Latin animadversīvus.[1]
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Adjective
animadversive (not comparable)
- (archaic) Having the ability to perceive, perceptive, attentive, percipient.
1642, Henry More, “The Immortal Soul”, in A platonick song of the soul:If soul were the material form of the body, it would be no better than the lower "Mundane sprite," which has no animadversive power either.
- Characterized by disapproval, critical.
1843, “City Election,”, in Punch, volume 5, page 181:The disgraceful conduct of the Returning Officer for the City of London Election has been the subject of animadversive conversation in our own particular circle.
1863, George Pound, “Reading Branch: President's Address,”, in British Medical Journal, volume 2, page 33:The conduct of the medical practitioner was denounced by one of the jurors as "mercenary"; and a special verdict, animadversive of the practice (if it be a practice), was entered.
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