extroitive

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extroitive

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From Latin extra (“on the outside”) + ire, itum (“to go”).

adjective more extroitive · most extroitive

obsolete, rare Seeking or going out after external objects. c. 1810-1820, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Notes on Midsummer Night's Dream For women are less hypocrites to their own minds than men, because they feel less abhorrence of moral evil in itself and more for its outward consequences, as detection, loss of character, etc., their natures being almost wholly

Opposite: introitive

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@misc{extroitive_2026,
  title = {extroitive},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/extroitive},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}