eversive
English
Etymology
Latin ēversīvus, from ēvertō
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪv/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sɪv
Adjective
eversive (comparative more eversive, superlative most eversive)
- Tending to evert or overthrow; subversive.
- 1800Alexander Geddes, A Modest Apology for the Roman Catholics of Great Britain
- a maxim eversive […] of all justice and morality
- 1800Alexander Geddes, A Modest Apology for the Roman Catholics of Great Britain
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for eversive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Italian
Adjective
eversive
- feminine plural of eversivo