intrusive

English

/ɪnˈtɹuːsɪv/

adj
Definitions
  • Tending to intrude; doing that which is not welcome; interrupting or disturbing; entering without permission or welcome.
  • (geology) Of rocks: forced, while in a plastic or molten state, into the cavities or between the cracks or layers of other rocks.

Etymology

Root from Proto-Indo-European *trewd- (push, harass, thrust, press, squeeze, crush).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*trewd-

Gloss

push, harass, thrust, press, squeeze, crush

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

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