allective

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Definition of allective

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

(obsolete)An allurement, enticement.

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

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noun

(obsolete)An allurement, enticement.

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

adj

(obsolete)Alluring.

“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.”

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

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