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allective

allective noun: an allurement, enticement.

Noun

allective (plural allectives)

  1. (obsolete) An allurement, enticement.
    • disease that will not yield to the allectives of cordials and perfumes1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, “[XXVIII Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Summer Half-year, […].] ”, in ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd...

Adjective

allective (comparative more allective, superlative most allective)

  1. (obsolete) Alluring.
    • 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.1588, G[abriel] H[arvey], “[Greenes Memoriall; Or Certaine Funerall Sonnets.] Sonnet XVII. His Exhortation to Atonement and Love.”, in J[ohn] P[ayne] C[ollier], editor, Fovre Letters, and Certaine...

Forms of allective

Noun
pluralallectives
Adjective
comparativemore allective
superlativemost allective

Origin of allective

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

Questions about allective

What does allective mean?
Allective means an allurement, enticement.
What part of speech is allective?
Allective can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of allective?
The plural of allective is allectives.

Words near allective in the dictionary

  1. allect
  2. allectation
  3. allectations
  4. allected
  5. allecting
  6. allective
  7. allectives
  8. allectories
  9. allectory
  10. allects
  11. alledg

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