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irrelative

[ ih-rel-uh-tiv ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

irrelative

/ ɪˈrɛlətɪv /

First recorded in 1630–40; ir- ² + relative

He turned away from them as from something foreign and irrelative to him, and his calling.

It seems so perfectly irrelative to hear that 'man is born to trouble,' that 'it is God that chasteneth,' &c.

But the concept itself of the multiplicity of irrelative elements is an absurd one.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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