Meanings
adjectiveinternecive (not comparable)
- archaicnot comparableinternecine
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.
1819, Sydney Smith, “The Game Laws”, in Edinburgh Review
Origin
- Latininternecīvus
- Englishinternecive
From Latin internecīvus.
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