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corsive

corsive adjective: corrosive.

Adjective

corsive (comparative more corsive, superlative most corsive)

  1. (obsolete) Corrosive.

Noun

corsive (plural corsives)

  1. (obsolete) A corrosive.
  2. (obsolete) Something damaging or annoying; an inconvenience, an evil.
    • From commonwealths and cities I will descend to families, which have as many corsives and molestations, as frequent discontents as the rest., New York, 2001, p.107

Forms of corsive

Adjective
comparativemore corsive
superlativemost corsive
Noun
pluralcorsives

Origin of corsive

Syncopated form of corrosive.

Questions about corsive

What does corsive mean?
Corsive means corrosive.
What part of speech is corsive?
Corsive can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near corsive in the dictionary

  1. Corsino
  2. Corsinos
  3. Corsis
  4. corsite
  5. corsites
  6. corsive
  7. corsives
  8. corslet
  9. corsleted
  10. corslets
  11. corsletted

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