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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

aperitive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
aper-i-tive
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tending to open the bowels; aperient.

adj

Serving as an apéritif: a pre-meal alcoholic drink.

noun

Synonym of aperient.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin aperitivus, from Late Latin apertivus, from Latin aperio. Doublet of apéritif, from French.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: aperitivus, apertivus, aperio

Inflected Forms

more aperitive (comparative) most aperitive (superlative) aperitives (plural)

Synonyms

aperient

Questions

What does aperitive mean?
Tending to open the bowels; aperient.
Where does aperitive come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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