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arrestive

[ uh-res-tiv ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

First recorded in 1825–35; arrest + -ive

The Swinburne collocation of delicate bosom and death is both arrestive and interesting.

The accumulation of carbonic acid in the breathed air would also have a similar arrestive power over destructive assimilation.

Similarly he could disguise his voice, the natural tones of which were low, monotonous, and of no arrestive quality.

They were of a flamboyant Italian period, and more arrestive than distinguished.

His attitude was arrestive as an obelisk and uncircuitable as a labyrinth.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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