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Acronym whose expansion includes a copy of itself
A recursive acronym is an acronym that refers to itself, and appears most frequently in computer programming. The term was first used in print in 1979
Recursive_acronym
Operating system kernel designed as a replacement for Unix
the primary architect of the Hurd described the name as a mutually recursive acronym: It's time [to] explain the meaning of "Hurd". "Hurd" stands for "Hird
GNU_Hurd
Abbreviation consisting of initial letters of a phrase
parsable by human readers or listeners. A special type of macronym, the recursive acronym, has letters whose expansion refers back to the macronym itself. One
Acronym
Acronym invented to fit an existing word
from the French word panne, meaning 'breakdown'. Acronymization Acrostic Pseudo-acronym Recursive acronym Retronym Satiric misspelling "Backronym – Definition
Backronym
Acronym redundantly coupled with its word(s)
Product Code code") Pleonasm § Bilingual tautological expressions Recursive acronym Clothier, Gary (November 8, 2006). "Ask Mr. Know-It-All". The York
RAS_syndrome
Process of repeating items in a self-similar way
you are; then ask him or her what recursion is." Recursive acronyms are other examples of recursive humor. PHP, for example, stands for "PHP Hypertext
Recursion
Abbreviation consisting of three letters
three-letter acronym disambiguation pages on Wikipedia Lists of acronyms Lists of airports by IATA and ICAO code Q code Recursive acronym RAS syndrome
Three-letter_acronym
Rule-based malware analysis tool
2013. The name is an abbreviation of YARA: Another Recursive Acronym or Yet Another Ridiculous Acronym. In 2024, Alvarez announced that YARA would be superseded
YARA
Fictional character from Xenosaga series
KOS-MOS (Japanese: コスモス) (recursive acronym for Kosmos Obey Strategical Multiple Operation System) is a fictional character from the Xenosaga role-playing
KOS-MOS
RDF query language
SPARQL (pronounced "sparkle", a recursive acronym for SPARQL Protocol and RDF Query Language) is an RDF query language—that is, a semantic query language
SPARQL
Free software project
free software. Stallman decided to call this operating system GNU (a recursive acronym meaning "GNU's not Unix!"), basing its design on that of Unix, a proprietary
GNU_Project
Free software collection
Free Software can create community and social justice". GNU is a recursive acronym for "GNU's Not Unix!", chosen because GNU's design is Unix-like, but
GNU
Package management system
RPM (originally Red Hat Package Manager, now a recursive acronym for RPM Package Manager) is a free and open-source package management system. The name
RPM_Package_Manager
Operating system
XINU Is Not Unix (XINU, a recursive acronym), is an operating system for embedded systems, originally developed by Douglas Comer for educational use at
Xinu
Freeware set of tools by Microsoft
Microsoft XNA (a recursive acronym for XNA's not acronymed) is a freeware set of tools with a managed runtime environment that Xbox developed to facilitate
Microsoft_XNA
Human-readable data serialization language
between December 2001 and April 2002 as YAML Ain't Markup Language, a recursive acronym, to distinguish its purpose as data-oriented rather than document
YAML
Cross-platform binary RPC protocol
gRPC (recursive acronym for gRPC Remote Procedure Calls) is a cross-platform high-performance remote procedure call (RPC) framework. gRPC was initially
GRPC
Database of chemical compounds
The ZINC database (recursive acronym: ZINC is not commercial) is a curated collection of commercially available chemical compounds prepared especially
ZINC_database
Graphics languages
in TeX. PGF is an acronym for "Portable Graphics Format". TikZ was introduced in version 0.95 of PGF, and it is a recursive acronym for "TikZ ist kein
PGF/TikZ
Integrated development environment
Linux and other Unix-like computer operating systems, its name is a recursive acronym for Gambas Almost Means BASIC. Gambas is also the word for prawns
Gambas
Window manager
dockapps whose original development has been abandoned. WINGs (a recursive acronym for "WINGs Is Not GNUstep") is a lightweight widget toolkit designed
Window_Maker
it both as a word alone and as a part of the acronym Recursive acronym: an acronym that has the acronym itself as one of its components Acrostic: a writing
List_of_forms_of_wordplay
Programming language with Arabic keywords
programs completely in Arabic. Its name means "heart" in Arabic and is a recursive acronym for Qlb: a programming language (قلب: لغة برمجة, Qlb: Lughat Barmajah)
Qalb_(programming_language)
Sentence, idea or formula that refers to itself
Recursion – Process of repeating items in a self-similar way Recursive acronym – Acronym whose expansion includes a copy of itself Quine (computing) –
Self-reference
Free instant messaging client for the XMPP protocol
the XMPP protocol which uses the GTK toolkit. The name Gajim is a recursive acronym for "Gajim's a jabber instant messenger". Gajim runs on Linux, BSD
Gajim
Open-source network and infrastructure monitoring software
was renamed Nagios in 2002 after a trademark dispute. The name is a recursive acronym: "Nagios Ain't Gonna Insist On Sainthood." Nagios uses a plugin-based
Nagios
Package management system for Python
received on his blog post. According to Bicking himself, the name is a recursive acronym for "Pip Installs Packages". In 2011, the Python Packaging Authority
Pip_(package_manager)
Two human rights organizations based in Argentina and Guatemala
HIJOS is a recursive acronym for Hijas e Hijos por la Identidad y la Justicia contra el Olvido y el Silencio (English: Daughters and Sons for Identity
HIJOS
Distributed version control system
randomized testing via QuickCheck verifies many others. The name is a recursive acronym for Darcs Advanced Revision Control System. Darcs treats patches as
Darcs
Family of text editors
EMACS as a recursive acronym for EMACS Makes All Computing Simple became popular; this fit in with the growing use of recursive acronyms for other versions
Emacs
Extension to XMPP for multi-client end-to-end encryption
clients, even if some of them are offline". The name "OMEMO" is a recursive acronym for "OMEMO Multi-End Message and Object Encryption". It is an open
OMEMO
Family of lossless-compression image file formats
JPEG viewer QPEG, proposed the PING name, eventually becoming PNG, a recursive acronym meaning PING is not GIF, and also the .png extension. Other suggestions
PNG
ITU-T Recommendation
fast stands for the ITU-T G series of recommendations; fast is a recursive acronym for fast access to subscriber terminals. Limited demonstration hardware
G.fast
Web server solution stack package
XAMPP stands for "XAMPP Apache + MariaDB + PHP + Perl", making it a recursive acronym. XAMPP formerly used MySQL, but this was replaced with MariaDB on
XAMPP
Professional sound server for Unix-like operating systems
JACK Audio Connection Kit (or JACK; a recursive acronym) is a professional sound server API and pair of daemon implementations to provide real-time, low-latency
JACK_Audio_Connection_Kit
Text editor for Unix-like computing systems
Eta (η). GNU nano was first created in 1999 with the name TIP (a recursive acronym for TIP Isn't Pico), by Chris Allegretta. His motivation was to create
GNU_nano
Topics referred to by the same term
party; see Results of the 2006 Swedish general election MIATA, a recursive acronym Search for "miata" on Wikipedia. Miyata (disambiguation) Mihata (disambiguation)
Miata_(disambiguation)
Windows compatibility software
for Linux – Feature for a Linux environment in Windows Originally a recursive acronym for "Wine Is Not an Emulator" "Wine source: wine-6.4: Authors". source
Wine_(software)
Rivalry between Emacs and vi text editors
was a great amount of memory), "EMACS Makes Any Computer Slow" (a recursive acronym like those Stallman uses), or "Eventually Munches All Computer Storage"
Editor_war
Repetition of an idea in the same words
cliché – Commonly used phrase used to quell cognitive dissonance Recursive acronym – Acronym whose expansion includes a copy of itself Safire, William (2006)
Tautophrase
Computer jargon
to "Mung Until No Good", making it one of the first recursive acronyms. It lived on as a recursive command in the editing language TECO. Munging may also
Mung_(computer_term)
American activist and programmer (born 1953)
called GNU, which would be compatible with Unix. The name GNU is a recursive acronym for "GNU's Not Unix". Soon after, he started a nonprofit corporation
Richard_Stallman
and Swann, which is sung by a gnu. It is also an early example of a recursive acronym: "GNU's Not Unix". Google – a search engine. The name started as an
List of computer term etymologies
List_of_computer_term_etymologies
Operating system
avoid any trademark issues with the Amiga name, it was changed to the recursive acronym AROS Research Operating System. The mascot of AROS is an anthropomorphic
AROS Research Operating System
AROS_Research_Operating_System
Word that contains letters of another word, in order, with the same meaning
during the 1950s, later reprinted in Reader's Digest. RAS syndrome Recursive acronym Tautology (language) Look up examples of kangaroo words in Wiktionary
Kangaroo_word
MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3 (MP3) audio encoder
8 Hz-MP3 encoder source code, and named the resulting encoder LAME, as a recursive acronym for "LAME Ain't an MP3 Encoder", as initial releases of the software
LAME
American computer scientist (born 1940)
Model of Personal Computing as a Self-exploratorium". STEPS is a recursive acronym that stands for "STEPS Toward Expressive Programming Systems". A sense
Alan_Kay
Association of software developers
paid service for hosting Forgejo instances. In the beginning, GNA (recursively acronymed "Gna's Not Axis"), was an association formed by Loïc Dachary for
Gna!
Linux kernel patch protecting against cold boot attacks
TRESOR (recursive acronym for "TRESOR Runs Encryption Securely Outside RAM", and also the German word for a safe) is a Linux kernel patch which provides
TRESOR
Alternative operating system kernel for Atari ST
MiNT was originally released by Eric Smith as "MiNT is Not TOS" (a recursive acronym in the style of "GNU's Not Unix") in May 1990. The new Kernel got
MiNT
Email and news software
Ingebrigtsen started the rewrite under the name (ding) which is a recursive acronym for ding is not Gnus, intending to produce a version for which the
Gnus
1998 action video game
many other parameters which have huge impact on the game play. NiL (recursive acronym for NiL Isn't Liero) is a clone of Liero, which runs on Linux and
Liero
Immersive virtual reality environment
A cave automatic virtual environment (better known by the recursive acronym CAVE) is an immersive virtual reality environment where projectors are directed
Cave automatic virtual environment
Cave_automatic_virtual_environment
Free online encyclopedia
its name to GNE (an abbreviation for "GNE's Not an Encyclopedia", a recursive acronym similar to that of the GNU Project) and switched to a knowledgebase
GNE_(encyclopedia)
Line of graphing calculators produced by Texas Instruments
technology. TiLP stands for "TiLP is a Linking Program", which is a recursive acronym. The original TiLP (known as TiLP-1) was supplanted by TiLP II (also
TI-84_Plus_series
Open-source statistical computer software
formats. Gretl has its own scripting language, called hansl (which is a recursive acronym for Hansl's A Neat Scripting Language). Hansl is a Turing-complete
Gretl
Computer algebra system
License. The name is a recursive acronym for "GiNaC is Not a CAS" (Computer Algebra System). This is similar to the GNU acronym "GNU's not Unix". What
GiNaC
Symbian software libraries
mere P.I.P.S., they were only for Series 60 phones. P.I.P.S. is a recursive acronym for "P.I.P.S. is POSIX on Symbian OS". The name was the result of
P.I.P.S.
interface version of Xnee (recursive acronym of “cnee's not an event emulator”). gnee is a graphical interface (recursive acronym of “gnee's not an emulator
Xnee
Linux distribution
to create a separate project. The name ALT was coined, which is a recursive acronym meaning ALT Linux Team. The split led to the creation of the Sisyphus
ALT_Linux
Content-control software
exists a fork of Dansguardian Project called MinD. Its name is a recursive acronym for "MinD is not Dansguardian". The "Toy" version of MinD is a fork
DansGuardian
Former computer software daemon
systems. The name giFT (giFT Internet File Transfer) is a so-called recursive acronym, which means that it refers to itself in the expression for which
GiFT
Keyboard layout optimized for German
Behrens on the de-ergo keyboards mailing list. The name Neo is a recursive acronym and originally stood for NEO Ergonomic Oops; later the interpretation
Neo_(keyboard_layout)
Scripting language created in 1994
and formed the base of PHP 3, changing the language's name to the recursive acronym PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor. Afterwards, public testing of PHP 3 began
PHP
Graphical user interface for mobile devices
GPE (a recursive acronym for GPE Palmtop Environment) is a discontinued graphical user interface environment for handheld computers, such as palmtops
GPE_Palmtop_Environment
2D animation software
contained an article on the project. It was originally called SINFG, a recursive acronym for "SINFG Is Not a Fractal Generator", referring to the software's
Synfig
Idiomatic qualifier used in the name of programs
Language. Later redefined to YAML Ain't Markup Language, making it a recursive acronym Yandex – Yet another indexer, a web search engine and index YA-NewsWatcher
Yet_another
Operating systems based on GNU
Debian GNU/kFreeBSD prior to its official release called Ging (A recursive acronym for Ging Is Not Ging), was released as a live CD in 2005 by Robert
GNU_variants
Online music metadata database
this. In 2000, MusicBrainz started using Relatable's patented TRM (a recursive acronym for TRM Recognizes Music) for acoustic fingerprint matching. The popularity
MusicBrainz
Two discontinued Emacs-like text editors
system which Symbolics developed for their Lisp machines. EINE is a recursive acronym for "EINE Is Not Emacs", coined in August 1977. It was a play on Ted
EINE_and_ZWEI
Free and open-source library for 3D graphics rendering
device driver understands NIR (NIR Intermediate Representation, a recursive acronym), an intermediate language for describing shaders. This code translated
Mesa_(computer_graphics)
TCP congestion avoidance algorithm
modification only to the computer which is sending data. The name FAST is a recursive acronym for FAST AQM Scalable TCP, where AQM stands for Active Queue Management
FAST_TCP
Routing software
BIRD (recursive acronym for BIRD Internet Routing Daemon) is a multithreaded open-source implementation for routing Internet Protocol packets on Unix-like
BIRD_Internet_Routing_Daemon
Open-source multimedia framework
GPAC Project on Advanced Content (GPAC, a recursive acronym) is an open-source multimedia framework focused on modularity and standards compliance. GPAC
GPAC Project on Advanced Content
GPAC_Project_on_Advanced_Content
was capable of running a variety of open source software. Yopy is a recursive acronym, standing for "Your own personal Yopy". "IT news, careers, business
Yopy
retrieving images. Yes No 0.225M University Open BRISC BRISC is a recursive acronym for BRISC Really IS Cool, and is (conveniently enough) also an anagram
List_of_CBIR_engines
Scripting language
graduate student named Lars Graf. This kind of naming is known as a recursive acronym. It contains many (though not all) of the syntactical capabilities
MINC
SiMPLE (a recursive acronym for SiMPLE Modular Programming Language & Environment) is a programming development system that was created to provide easy
SiMPLE
Defunct American computer manufacturer (1980–1996)
package named ZWEI, an acronym for Zwei was Eine initially, with Eine being an acronym for Eine Is Not Emacs. Both are recursive acronyms and puns on the German
Symbolics
Default package manager for the JavaScript runtime environment Node.js
"Node Package Manager", it is officially a recursive backronymic abbreviation for "npm is not an acronym". npm can manage packages that are local dependencies
Npm
American artist and researcher
axes, and a tracking system for the "user". Although they used the recursive acronym Cave Automatic Virtual Environment for the CAVE system, the name also
Daniel_J._Sandin
American computer scientist and educator
axes, and a tracking system for the "user". Although they used the recursive acronym Cave Automatic Virtual Environment for the CAVE system, the name also
Carolina_Cruz-Neira
graduate and master level courses. Prof. Ofek was directing IP-FLOW (a recursive acronym for "IP FLows over Optical and Wireless"). The focus of IP-FLOW was
Yoram_Ofek
Asteroid
free-software GNU Project, created by Richard Stallman 1984. GNU is the recursive acronym for "GNU is not Unix". The collaborative projects enables programmers
9965_GNU
This is a list of computing and IT acronyms, initialisms and abbreviations. 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z See also References
List of computing and IT abbreviations
List_of_computing_and_IT_abbreviations
Computer program for pulsars
precession, nutation and polar motion models. Pulsar Binary pulsar Recursive acronym "Tempo". "Tempo Reference Manual". G. Hobbs; R. Edwards; R. Manchester
Tempo_(astronomy)
mechanism, or by other data store synchronization mechanisms. Recursive server: recursive servers (sometimes called "DNS caches", "caching-only name servers")
Comparison of DNS server software
Comparison_of_DNS_server_software
longer be treated as an abbreviation of Debian, but of DCC—becoming a recursive acronym for "DCC Common Core". Notably, the "Debian" trademark that was being
DCC_Alliance
Programming language
and specific financial utilities, among other application domains. The acronym CAML originally stood for Categorical Abstract Machine Language, but OCaml
OCaml
DNS server software
roles, acting as an authoritative name server for DNS zones and as a recursive resolver in the network. As of 2015, it is the most widely used domain
BIND
Abstract data type
removed from a stack is described as last in, first out, referred to by the acronym LIFO. As with a stack of physical objects, this structure makes it easy
Stack_(abstract_data_type)
Network architecture for distributed systems
stated that Jini is not an acronym. Ken Arnold has joked that it means "Jini Is Not Initials", making it a recursive anti-acronym, but it has always been
Jini
Throughout this article we refer to filtered-popping recursive transition networks as FPNs, though this acronym is ambiguous (e.g.: fuzzy Petri nets). Filtered-popping
Filtered-popping recursive transition network
Filtered-popping_recursive_transition_network
Amateur radio communications software
WSPR (pronounced "whisper") is an acronym for Weak Signal Propagation Reporter. It is a protocol, implemented in a computer program, used for weak-signal
WSPR_(amateur_radio_software)
Topics referred to by the same term
girl group Weki Meki Rina (wrestler), Japanese professional wrestler Recursive Internetwork Architecture, a computer network architecture proposed as
Rina
Programming language
Caml (originally an acronym for Categorical Abstract Machine Language) is a multi-paradigm, general-purpose, high-level, functional programming language
Caml
Fictional supercomputer by Isaac Asimov
stories bibliography List of fictional computers Halbert, Martin (1992). "Recursive Reviews" (PDF). The Public-Access Computer Systems Review. 3: 21–28. Asimov
Multivac
Personal computer by Apple Inc.
"Lisa: Invented Stupid Acronym", a recursive backronym, and computer industry pundits coined the term "Let's Invent Some Acronym" to fit Lisa's name. Decades
Apple_Lisa
American software company
that incorporated the acronym "GNU" such as "magnum", "wingnut", and "lugnut". According to Stan Kelly-Bootle, it was recursively defined as Cygnus, your
Cygnus_Solutions
Mnemonic for finding the product of two binomial functions
the method may be referred to as the FOIL method. The word FOIL is an acronym for the four terms of the product: First ("first" terms of each binomial
FOIL_method
RECURSIVE ACRONYM
RECURSIVE ACRONYM
Surname or Lastname
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic)
English, German, and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : metonymic occupational name for a maker of sacks or bags, from Old English sacc, Middle High German sack, German Sack ‘sack’. Bahlow also suggests someone who carried sacks.German : topographic from Middle High German sack ‘sack’, ‘end of a valley or area of cultivation’.Dutch : from a reduced form of the personal name Zacharias.Jewish (eastern Ashkenazic) : from an acronym of the Hebrew phrase Zera Keshodim ‘Seed of the Holy’ (referring to martyred ancestors), or from a short form of the personal name Isaac.
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, and North German
English, Scottish, and North German : variant of Brook.English, Scottish, and Scandinavian : nickname for a person supposedly resembling a badger, Middle English broc(k) (Old English brocc) and Danish brok (a word of Celtic origin; compare Welsh broch, Cornish brogh, Irish broc). In the Middle Ages badgers were regarded as unpleasant creatures.English : nickname from Old French broque, brock ‘young stag’.Dutch : from a personal name, a short form of Brockaert .South German : nickname for a stout and strong man from Middle High German brocke ‘lump’, ‘piece’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : probably an acronymic family name from Jewish Aramaic bar- or Hebrew ben- ‘son of’, and the first letter of each part of a Yiddish double male personal name. Compare Brill.Jewish (from Poland) : habitational name from Brok, a place in Poland.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Brill in Buckinghamshire, named with the Celtic element bre- ‘hill’ + Old English hyll also ‘hill’.North German and Dutch : habitational name from any of various places in northwestern Germany and the Netherlands named Brill, from Middle Low German brūl, bröil ‘wet lowland’. Compare German Bruehl.German : from Middle Low German brill ‘eyeglasses’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a maker of spectacles or perhaps a nickname for someone who wore them.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : acronymic surname from Hebrew ben rabi ‘son of …’ and the first letter of each part of a Yiddish double male personal name, most likely Yude (Juda) Leyb. Many Ashkenazic family names beginning with Br- and Bar- are probably of acronymic origin, but without detailed evidence from family histories it is impossible to specify the personal name from which each is derived.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname from Gaelic and Welsh bran ‘raven’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : Hebrew acronym consisting of ben-rabi ‘son of’ + the initials of some personal name (for example Nachman, Nahum, Nathan).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English asche ‘ash tree’ (Old English æsc), hence a topographic name for someone living by an ash tree or a habitational name from any of the many places in southern and central England named with this word (Derbyshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Kent, Surrey, Shropshire, Somerset, and elsewhere).In New England, Ash is commonly found for French Dufresne, with the same meaning.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : from an acronym for Yiddish AltSHul (see Altschul) or AyznSHtot (see Eisenstadt).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Bream 2.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : acronymic surname from Hebrew ben rabi ‘son of …’, and the first letter of each part of a Yiddish double male personal name. See also Brill.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Marsh.Americanized spelling of German Masch.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : unexplained; possibly an acronymic name.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived beside a stream, from northern Middle English bekke ‘stream’ (Old Norse bekkr).English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from any of various places in northern France, for example Bec Hellouin in Eure, named with Old Norman French bec ‘stream’, from the same Old Norse root as in 1.English : probably a nickname for someone with a prominent nose, from Middle English beke ‘beak (of a bird)’ (Old French bec).English : metonymic occupational name for a maker, seller, or user of mattocks or pickaxes, from Old English becca. In some cases the name may represent a survival of an Old English byname derived from this word.German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) : occupational name for a baker, a cognate of Baker, from (older) South German beck, West Yiddish bek. Some Jewish bearers of the name claim that it is an acronym of Hebrew ben-kedoshim ‘son of martyrs’, i.e. a name taken by one whose parents had been martyred for being Jews.North German : topographic name for someone who lived by a stream, from Low German Beke ‘stream’. Compare the High German form Bach 1.Scandinavian : habitational name for someone from a farmstead named Bekk, Bæk, or Bäck, or a topographic name for someone who lived by a stream.
RECURSIVE ACRONYM
RECURSIVE ACRONYM
Girl/Female
Tamil
Nourishing
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Wind
Male
Hebrew
Variant spelling of Hebrew Towbiyah, TOVIYA means "God is good."Â
Girl/Female
Hindu
Starry night
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Telugu, Traditional
Most Radiant
Girl/Female
Tamil
Palashini | பலாஷீநீ
Green, Covered in greenery, A river
Boy/Male
Indian, Tamil
Brilliant Like Sun
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Friend beloved
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Just Fully Polite
Girl/Female
Australian, German, Swedish
Voyager through Life; Traveler; Blessed
RECURSIVE ACRONYM
RECURSIVE ACRONYM
RECURSIVE ACRONYM
RECURSIVE ACRONYM
RECURSIVE ACRONYM
a.
Repulsive by itself; as, the idiorepulsive power of heat.
n.
A character used in cursive writing.
a.
Not amiable; morose; ill-natured; repulsive.
a.
Cold; forbidding; offensive; as, repulsive manners.
a.
Causing, or tending to, revulsion.
a.
Running down; decurrent.
n.
That which causes revulsion; specifically (Med.), a revulsive remedy or agent.
n.
A revulsive medicine.
a.
Repulsive; driving back.
adv.
In a decursive manner.
a.
Making an incursion; invasive; aggressive; hostile.
a.
Serving, or able, to repulse; repellent; as, a repulsive force.
a.
Prone to make excursions; wandering; roving; exploring; as, an excursive fancy.
a.
Manifesting distaste or dislike; repulsive.
n.
The act of recurring; return.
a.
Preceding; introductory; precursory.
a.
Affording retirement from society.
a.
Going back; receding.
a.
Flowing; easy; cursive; as, a running hand.
v. t.
Causing revulsion; revulsive.