incursive

American

[in-kur-siv] / ɪnˈkɜr sɪv /

adjective

making incursions.

Etymology

Origin of incursive

First recorded in 1585–95; incurs(ion) + -ive

Example Sentences

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Her indefinite, idle, impossible passion for Fitzpiers; her constitutional cloud of misery; the sorrowful drops that still hung upon her eyelashes, all made way for the incursive mood started by the spectacle.

From The Woodlanders by Hardy, Thomas

The Nara of to-day--how much more the Nara of five hundred years ago--suggests to the incursive foreigner a bit of Eden's garden.

From The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan by Wingfield, Lewis

At this season of the year the glazed roof and sides were withdrawn or lowered, but at night the lower sashes were drawn up and fastened, lest incursive cats or dogs should destroy my flowers.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 by Various

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