intrusive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Tending to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without permission or welcome.
  2. Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks.
  3. epenthetic
  4. Designating a type of collection in which each item keeps track of what collection it is in, rather than the more conventional approach of a collection keeping track of what items it contains. An intrusive collection does not "own" its contents and a single item can be part of multiple intrusive collections.
noun
  1. An igneous rock that is forced, while molten, into cracks or between other layers of rock

Pronunciation

/ɪnˈtɹuːsɪv/ en-us-intrusive.ogg

Word forms

intrusive more intrusive most intrusive intrusives

Etymology

Back-formation from intrusion, + -ive.

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