vivisectiveadj.
= vivisectional adj. 2. In quot. a1876 figurative.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > close examination, scrutiny > [adjective]
curiousa1592
deep-searching1598
scrutinous1599
minutea1697
scrutinizing1782
dissective1860
vivisectivea1876
scrutinant1876
vivisecting1876
dissecting1891
scrutatory1893
a1876 M. Collins Pen Sketches (1879) II. 249 I am not surprised that Mr. Browning, himself a vivisective poet, likes the diagnosis of human malady which Euripides supplies.
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