intrusive
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Back-formation from intrusion, + -ive.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]intrusive (comparative more intrusive, superlative most intrusive)
- Tending to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without permission or welcome.
- Did it ever cross your mind that he might find all those questions you ask intrusive?
- (geology) Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks.
- (linguistics) epenthetic
Synonyms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]tending to intrude
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forced between layers of rocks
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Noun
[edit]intrusive (plural intrusives)
References
[edit]- “intrusive”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “intrusive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
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Adjective
[edit]intrusive
German
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[edit]intrusive
- inflection of intrusiv:
Italian
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[edit]intrusive
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