purpositive
/ˈpɚpəsədɪv/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Future tense purpositive 將來的時言主意"
- "The searching or feeling movements of the processes have a significantly purpositive effect, and that the whole is the seat of life one is convinced beyond a doubt."
- "The special symptoms for which these patients seek relief are the hemiataxia which interferes with purpositive movement of the limbs […]"
- "[…] the accidental sense may be obvious but the purpositive difficult to find."
- "We used a purpositive convenience sample of adult patients with different rheumatologic diagnoses who were cared for at the out-patient rheumatology clinic at the HGM."
Etymology
Etymology tree Middle English purpos English purpose Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English -ative English -tive English purpositive From purpose + -tive.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpɚpəsədɪv/
- British English: /ˈpəːpəsᵻtɪv/
Inflected Forms
more purpositive (comparative)
most purpositive (superlative)