Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

masturbative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mas-tur-ba-tive
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Pertaining to masturbation; masturbatory.

Example Sentences

"The excitement led to a masturbative [translating masturbatorisch] act (frictio femorum)."
"This war has all the masturbative qualities of a combat between hopeless recidivists."

Etymology

From masturbat(e) + -ive.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: masturbate

Inflected Forms

more masturbative (comparative) most masturbative (superlative)

Questions

What does masturbative mean?: Pertaining to masturbation; masturbatory.
Where does masturbative come from?: From masturbat(e) + -ive.

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