[1585–95; irrupt + -ive]This word is first recorded in the period 1585–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: aberration, competence, corridor, develop, naturalize-ive is a suffix of adjectives (and nouns of adjectival origin) expressing tendency, disposition,function, connection, etc. Other words that use the affix -ive include: corrective, destructive, detective, passive, sportive
Examples of 'irruptive' in a sentence
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This population displayed reproductive parameters consistent with an irruptive and expanding moose population.
William F. Jensen, James J. Maskey, Jr., Jason R. Smith, Eric S. Michel 2018, 'REPRODUCTIVE PARAMETERS OF MOOSE DURING POPULATION EXPANSION IN NORTH DAKOTA', Alces : A Journal Devoted to the Biology and Management of Moosehttp://alcesjournal.org/index.php/alces/article/view/230/262. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)