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censive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cen-sive
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to censive tenure; held in return for the payment of a cens (a feudal rent).

noun

Land held under censive tenure; a censive holding.

Etymology

Borrowed from French censive, from Medieval Latin censivus; compare English census.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more censive (comparative) most censive (superlative) censives (plural)

Questions

What does censive mean?
Relating to censive tenure; held in return for the payment of a cens (a feudal rent).
Where does censive come from?
Borrowed from French censive, from Medieval Latin censivus; compare English census.

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