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enticive

enticive adjective: synonym of enticing.

Adjective

enticive (comparative more enticive, superlative most enticive)

  1. (rare) Synonym of enticing.
    • Those soft eyes so amorous—gleaming; / Looks of love enticive, beaming?1913, William Lowe, “The Belle of the Ball”, in Poems, Boston, Mass.: Richard G. Badger/The Gorham Press, →OCLC, page 78
    • And plainly, Sir, / If there are native wenches on this island, / As your enticive company suggests, / Stay them exempt till I recall my sailors.1923, Christopher Morley, “Tropes and Tropics”, in Parsons’ Pleasure, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, →OCLC, page 26
    Synonyms:
    enticing

Synonyms of enticive

Forms of enticive

comparativemore enticive
superlativemost enticive

Origin of enticive

From entice + -ive.

Questions about enticive

What does enticive mean?
Enticive means synonym of enticing.
What part of speech is enticive?
Enticive is an adjective.

Words near enticive in the dictionary

  1. enticeth
  2. enticing
  3. enticingly
  4. enticingness
  5. enticings
  6. enticive
  7. Enticknap
  8. entier
  9. entierly
  10. entiers
  11. entierties

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