internecive

English

Etymology

From Latin internecīvus.

Adjective

internecive (not comparable)

  1. (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.

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Latin

Adjective

internecīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of internecīvus

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