Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

corrigative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cor-riga-tive
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"For quotations using this term, see Citations:corrigative."

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin corrigō (whence standard English words like corrigible) + -ative, via one or more other languages (compare e.g. Hungarian korrigáló).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: corrigō

Questions

What does corrigative mean?: Corrective.
Where does corrigative come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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