Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

adscriptive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ad-scrip-tive
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Attached or annexed to the glebe or estate and transferable with it.

Example Sentences

"Many estates peopled with crown peasants have been, according to an ukase of Peter the Great, ceded to particular individuals on condition of establishing manufactories; these peasants called adscriptive (pripisneeye) working at the manufactories on certain fixed terms."

Etymology

From Latin adscriptivus. See adscript.

Questions

What does adscriptive mean?: Attached or annexed to the glebe or estate and transferable with it.
Where does adscriptive come from?: From Latin adscriptivus. See adscript.

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