Webster's 1828 Dictionary
TRANSGRESSIVE
a.Faulty; culpable; apt to transgress.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
TRANSGRESSIVE
Trans *gress "ive, a. Etym: [Cf. L. transgressivus passing over into another class. F. transgressif.]
Defn: Disposed or tending to transgress; faulty; culpable. -
TRANSGRESSIVELY
TRANSGRESSIVELY Trans *gress "ive *ly, adv.
Defn: In a transgressive manner Adam, perhaps, ... from the transgressive infirmities of himself, might have erred alone. Sir T. Browne.
New American Oxford Dictionary
transgressive
trans gres sive |transˈgresiv, tranz- ˌtrænzˈɡrɛsɪv | ▶adjective involving a violation of accepted or imposed boundaries, esp. those of social acceptability: her experiences of transgressive love with both sexes. • of or relating to fiction, cinematography, or art in which orthodox cultural, moral, and artistic boundaries are challenged by the representation of unconventional behavior and the use of experimental forms. • Geology (of a stratum ) overlapping others unconformably, esp. as a result of marine transgression.
Oxford Dictionary
transgressive
trans |gres ¦sive |tranzˈgrɛsɪv, trɑːnz -, -ns- | ▶adjective 1 involving a violation of moral or social boundaries: her experiences of transgressive love with both sexes. • relating to art or literature in which orthodox moral, social, and artistic boundaries are challenged by the representation of unconventional behaviour and the use of experimental forms. 2 Geology (of a stratum ) overlapping others unconformably, especially as a result of marine transgression.
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