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intrusive
1. The forcing of oneself into a situation or onto people's attention in an unwelcome or inappropriate way.
2. Causing an uninvited and unwarranted disturbance of someone's peace and privacy.
3. Description of a rock formed by having moved while in a molten state into preexisting rocks.
4. Describes a speech sound that is introduced between two words with the result of facilitating a more fluent pronunciation.
5. Coming without an invitation or a welcome.
2. Causing an uninvited and unwarranted disturbance of someone's peace and privacy.
3. Description of a rock formed by having moved while in a molten state into preexisting rocks.
4. Describes a speech sound that is introduced between two words with the result of facilitating a more fluent pronunciation.
5. Coming without an invitation or a welcome.
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trud-, -trude, trus-, -trusion
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(Latin: originally galbinus, "greenish yellow" related to galbanus, "yellow" then formed with the intrusive d; from Old French jaunice, jaunisse from jaune, "yellow")