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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

expulsive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ex-pul-sive
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tending to expel or resulting in expulsion.

Etymology

From Latin expulsīvus. By surface analysis, expulse + -ive.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more expulsive (comparative) most expulsive (superlative)

Derived Forms

expulsiveness

Phrases

anal-expulsive

Synonyms

expulsory

Questions

What does expulsive mean?
Tending to expel or resulting in expulsion.
Where does expulsive come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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