internecive
English
Etymology
From Latin internecīvus.
Adjective
internecive (not comparable)
- (archaic) internecine
- 1819, Sydney Smith, “The Game Laws”, in Edinburgh Review:
- Not a cessation of poaching, but a succession of village guerillas;[sic]—an internecive war between the gamekeepers and marauders of game;—the whole country flung into brawls and convulsions, for the unjust and exorbitant pleasures of country gentlemen.
References
- “internecive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin
Adjective
internecīve
- vocative masculine singular of internecīvus
References
- “internecive”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- internecive in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.