Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

protestive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: protes-tive
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Expressing protest.

Example Sentences

"Acts include attempt to take, reach for peer's toy, offer-withdraw toy either without vocalization and with neutral affect, or with no more than a brief and mildly protestive vocalization and/or facial expression of frown or pucker."

Etymology

From protest + -ive.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: protest

Questions

What does protestive mean?: Expressing protest.
Where does protestive come from?: From protest + -ive.

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