allective

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noun

An allurement, enticement.

OriginMedieval Latin allectīvus →
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Meanings

nounallective (plural allectives)

plural allectives

  1. obsoleteAn allurement, enticement.

    disease that will not yield to the allectives of cordials and perfumes

    1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, “[XXVIII Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Summer Half-year, […].] ”, in ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1654, →OCLC
adjectiveallective (comparative more allective, superlative most allective)

comparative more allective · superlative most allective

  1. obsoleteAlluring.

    Magnes and many thinges attractive are, / But nothing ſo allective under ſkyes, / As that ſame dainty amiable ſtarre, / That none but griſly mouth of hell defyes.

    1588, G[abriel] H[arvey], “[Greenes Memoriall; Or Certaine Funerall Sonnets.] Sonnet XVII. His Exhortation to Atonement and Love.”, in J[ohn] P[ayne] C[ollier], editor, Fovre Letters, and Certaine Sonnets, […] (Miscellaneous Tracts Temp. Eliz. & Jac. I), [London]: [s.n.], published [1870], →OCLC, page 77

Origin

  1. Medieval Latinallectīvus“that allures”
  2. Englishallective

Borrowed from Medieval Latin allectīvus (“that allures”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

vellicate
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APA

allective. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/allective

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Chicago

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