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retortive, a. rare.|rɪˈtɔːtɪv|
[f. L. retort- (see retort v.1) + -ive.]
†1. Of the nature of squeezing. Obs. rare—1.
1660tr. Paracelsus' Archidoxis i. iv. 55 Separate this (by a Retortive process or pressing) from the feces.
2. Turned backwards. (Cf. retorted ppl. a. 5.)
1807J. Barlow Columb. v. 466 From all his guileful plots the veil they drew, With eye retortive looked creation thro.
3. Of the nature of a retort; characterized by retorts.
1826G. S. Faber Diffic. Romanism (1853) 238 The apt answer of Blandina, though thrown into the form of a retortive question, is implicatively a palpable denial. 1949G. B. Shaw in Strand Mag. July 20/2 A trumpery farce may win an uproarious success by its retortive back⁓chat. |