Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

evitative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: evi-ta-tive
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

grammatically expressing the notion that something is avoided or feared: a grammatical mood found in some Australian Aboriginal languages.

Example Sentences

"The non-past non-evitative potential corresponds both to the English indicative future and to all imperatives (including jussive and hortatory imperatives); the evitative is used to mark future events that are feared or to be avoided , and corresponds to English "lest..." constructions, except that it is not limited to subordinate clauses."

Etymology

From Latin ēvītāre (“to avoid”), from ē- (“out”) + vītāre (“to shun”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: evito

Phrases

evitative case

Synonyms

aversive

Questions

What does evitative mean?: grammatically expressing the notion that something is avoided or feared: a grammatical mood found in some Australian Aboriginal languages.
Where does evitative come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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