intrusive

Back-formation from intrusion., +‎ -ive.

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈtɹuːsɪv/

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• Hyphenation: in‧tru‧sive

intrusive (comparative more intrusive, superlative most intrusive)

1. Tending to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without permission 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.

• intrusively
• intrusiveness

intrusive (plural intrusives)

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

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

intrusive

1. feminine singular of intrusif

intrusive

1. inflected form of intrusiv

intrusive

1. feminine plural of intrusivo

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