intrusive

English

Etymology

Back-formation from intrusion., +‎ -ive.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪnˈtɹuːsɪv/
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  • Hyphenation: in‧tru‧sive

Adjective

intrusive (comparative more intrusive, superlative most intrusive)

  1. Tending or apt to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without right or welcome.
    Did it ever cross your mind that he might find all those questions you ask intrusive?
  2. (geology) Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

intrusive (plural intrusives)

  1. (geology) An igneous rock that is forced, while molten, into cracks or between other layers of rock

References

  • intrusive in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
  • intrusive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

French

Adjective

intrusive

  1. feminine singular of intrusif

German

Adjective

intrusive

  1. inflected form of intrusiv

Italian

Adjective

intrusive

  1. feminine plural of intrusivo

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