Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unaggressive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.27 in modern English

Syllables: un-ag-gres-sive
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not aggressive; peaceable; not violent.

Example Sentences

"And he, Allada Khan, had decided that the child was not unlike himself - an unaggressive nose, and intelligent forehead, eyes both lively and melting."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-der. Latin gradior Latin aggredior Latin aggressuslbor. English aggress Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English aggressive English unaggressive From un- + aggressive.

Inflected Forms

more unaggressive (comparative) most unaggressive (superlative)

Derived Forms

unaggressively unaggressiveness

Synonyms

dovish pacific anti-bellicist dovelike irenic irenical non-violent pacifist pacifistic peaceable peaceful unaggressive

Rhymes With

impressive progressive aggressive past progressive future progressive present progressive past perfect progressive future perfect progressive excessive successive passive-aggressive oppressive

Questions

What does unaggressive mean?: Not aggressive; peaceable; not violent.
Where does unaggressive come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-der. Latin gradior Latin aggredior Latin aggressuslbor. English aggress Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English aggressive English unaggressive From un- + aggressive.

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