eversive
English
Etymology
From Latin ēversīvus, from ēvertō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪˈvɜː(ɹ)sɪv/
- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sɪv
Adjective
eversive (comparative more eversive, superlative most eversive)
- (archaic) Tending to evert or overthrow; subversive.
- 1800, Alexander Geddes, A Modest Apology for the Roman Catholics of Great Britain:
- a maxim eversive […] of all justice and morality
References
- “eversive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Italian
Adjective
eversive
- feminine plural of eversivo