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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɪnˈsaɪ.sɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-incisive.wav Forms: more incisive [comparative], most incisive [superlative]
Rhymes: -aɪsɪv Etymology: Late Middle English (in the sense “cutting, penetrating”), borrowed from Medieval Latin incīsīvus, from incīdō (“to cut in, cut through”) + -īvus (“-ive”, adjectival suffix). Compare Middle French incisif. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*kh₂eyd-}}, {{inh|en|enm|-}} Middle English, {{m-g|cutting, penetrating}} “cutting, penetrating”, {{der|en|ML.|incīsīvus}} Medieval Latin incīsīvus, {{af|la|incīdō|-īvus|nocat=1|pos2=adjectival suffix|t1=to cut in, cut through|t2=-ive}} incīdō (“to cut in, cut through”) + -īvus (“-ive”, adjectival suffix), {{cog|frm|incisif}} Middle French incisif Head templates: {{en-adj}} incisive (comparative more incisive, superlative most incisive)
  1. Intelligently analytical and concise. (of a person or mental process)
    Sense id: en-incisive-en-adj-EMe~OMo8
  2. Intelligently analytical and concise. (of a person or mental process)
    Accurate and sharply focused. (of an account)
    Sense id: en-incisive-en-adj-pMMBveKH
  3. Quickly proceeding to judgment and forceful in expression. (of an action) Synonyms: decisive, forthright Translations (quickly proceeding to judgment): проницателен (pronicatelen) (Bulgarian), incisiu (Catalan), suoraviivainen (Finnish), incisif (French), incisivo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-incisive-en-adj-MFvi2zF6 Disambiguation of 'quickly proceeding to judgment': 3 3 88 6 1
  4. Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; trenchant. Categories (topical): Thinking Synonyms: sharp, acute, sarcastic, biting
    Sense id: en-incisive-en-adj-s5uV1hOD Disambiguation of Thinking: 5 5 25 61 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 16 17 33 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 21 18 30 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 14 14 12 42 16 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 15 13 38 18 1 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 13 13 20 43 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 15 15 16 42 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 13 13 17 44 12 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 17 17 13 42 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 12 12 17 46 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 15 15 14 43 12
  5. (anatomy, relational) Of or relating to the incisors. Tags: relational Categories (topical): Anatomy Translations (relating to the incisors): 門齒的 (Chinese Mandarin), 门齿的 (ménchǐ de) (Chinese Mandarin)
    Sense id: en-incisive-en-adj-jtzAl3fJ Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'relating to the incisors': 8 8 8 19 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: incisive bone, incisive canal, incisive fossa, incisively, incisiveness, incisivity, interincisive, maxilloincisive, nasoincisive, unincisive

Adjective [French]

IPA: /ɛ̃.si.ziv/
Head templates: {{head|fr|adjective form}} incisive
  1. feminine singular of incisif Tags: feminine, form-of, singular Form of: incisif
    Sense id: en-incisive-fr-adj-C8~d-1nU Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 65 35

Noun [French]

IPA: /ɛ̃.si.ziv/ Forms: incisives [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} incisive f (plural incisives)
  1. incisor (tooth) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Teeth
    Sense id: en-incisive-fr-noun-k8jTT7pk Disambiguation of Teeth: 32 68 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 65 35

Adjective [Italian]

IPA: /in.t͡ʃiˈzi.ve/
Rhymes: -ive Head templates: {{head|it|adjective form}} incisive
  1. feminine plural of incisivo Tags: feminine, form-of, plural Form of: incisivo
    Sense id: en-incisive-it-adj-1PVI-aCB Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries

Adjective [Latin]

IPA: /in.kiːˈsiː.u̯e/ [Classical-Latin], [ɪŋkiːˈs̠iːu̯ɛ] [Classical-Latin], /in.t͡ʃiˈsi.ve/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [in̠ʲt͡ʃiˈs̬iːve] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: incīsīve [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|adjective form|head=incīsīve}} incīsīve
  1. vocative masculine singular of incīsīvus Tags: form-of, masculine, singular, vocative Form of: incīsīvus
    Sense id: en-incisive-la-adj-3jmyL1g7 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries
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          "text": "And her incisive smile accrediting / That treason of false witness in my blush.",
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}
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      "word": "incisive canal"
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          "text": "She was like a Beardsley Salome, he had said. And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry. His wooing had been brief but incisive.",
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          "word": "forthright"
        }
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          "text": "An incisive, high voice.",
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          "ref": "1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Second Book”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1857, →OCLC:",
          "text": "And her incisive smile accrediting / That treason of false witness in my blush.",
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          "word": "sharp"
        },
        {
          "word": "acute"
        },
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          "word": "sarcastic"
        },
        {
          "word": "biting"
        }
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          "text": "the incisive bones, the premaxillaries",
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      ]
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      "rhymes": "-aɪsɪv"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pronicatelen",
      "sense": "quickly proceeding to judgment",
      "word": "проницателен"
    },
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      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "quickly proceeding to judgment",
      "word": "incisiu"
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      "sense": "quickly proceeding to judgment",
      "word": "suoraviivainen"
    },
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      "word": "incisif"
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "incisivo"
    },
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      "word": "門齒的"
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    }
  ],
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}

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    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "feminine singular of incisif"
      ],
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}

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        "incisor (tooth)"
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      "homophone": "incisives"
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}

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      },
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    }
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  "hyphenation": [
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  ],
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  "pos": "adj",
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        "Rhymes:Italian/ive/4 syllables"
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        "feminine plural of incisivo"
      ],
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}

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      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      ],
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        ]
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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "[ɪŋkiːˈs̠iːu̯ɛ]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/in.t͡ʃiˈsi.ve/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[in̠ʲt͡ʃiˈs̬iːve]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "incisive"
}

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