internecive

English

Etymology

Latin internecivus.

Adjective

internecive (not comparable)

1. (archaic) internecine
   • 1819, Sydney Smith, “The Game Laws”, in Edinburgh Review:

     Not a cessation of poaching, but a succession of village guerillas; - an internecive war between the game-keepers and the marauders of game.

References

• “internecive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Adjective

internecīve

1. vocative masculine singular of internecīvus

References

• “internecive”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• internecive in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.