Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

depurative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: depu-ra-tive
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Purifying the blood or humours; depuratory.

Archaic

noun

Any purifying remedy or agent.

Archaic

noun

Any disease that is depurative.

Archaic

Etymology

Compare French dépuratif.

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more depurative (comparative) most depurative (superlative) depuratives (plural)

Derived Forms

phytodepurative

Questions

What does depurative mean?: Purifying the blood or humours; depuratory.
Where does depurative come from?: Compare French dépuratif.

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