DIVORCIVE

Etymology

Adjective

divorcive (comparative more divorcive, superlative most divorcive)

(archaic) Having power to divorce; tending to divorce.

Source: Wiktionary


Di*vor"cive, a.

Definition: Having power to divorce; tending to divorce. "This divorcive law." Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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18 May 2025

OBLIQUE

(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”


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