See Also: recessional(dictionary)

addictive (iou) and recessional (iou)


addictive (iou)



addictive adjective. M20.
[from ADDICT verb + -IVE.]
Tending to cause Addiction or dependence.

recessional (iou)



recessional adjective & noun. M19.
[from RECESSION + -AL1.]
A. adjective.
Ecclesiastical. Pertaining to the withdrawal of the clergy and choir to the vestry at the close of a service; spec. designating a hymn sung during this. M19.
Pertaining to a recess of a legislative body etc. L19.
Geology. Designating a form of moraine resembling an end moraine deposited during a temporary halt or minor readvance of a receding glacier or ice sheet. E20.
b. noun. A recessional hymn. M19.