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compensative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
com-pen-sative
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

that compensates for something; compensatory

noun

compensation

Obsolete

Etymology

From Late Latin compēnsātīvus.

Word Breakdown

  • Root: compēnsātīvus

Usage

Inflected Forms

more compensative (comparative) most compensative (superlative)

Derived Forms

compensatively compensativeness overcompensative

Questions

What does compensative mean?
that compensates for something; compensatory
Where does compensative come from?
From Late Latin compēnsātīvus.

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