Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

animadversive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: an-i-mad-ver-sive
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the ability to perceive, perceptive, attentive, percipient.

Archaic

adj

Characterized by disapproval, critical.

Example Sentences

"If soul were the material form of the body, it would be no better than the lower "Mundane sprite," which has no animadversive power either."
"The disgraceful conduct of the Returning Officer for the City of London Election has been the subject of animadversive conversation in our own particular circle."
"The conduct of the medical practitioner was denounced by one of the jurors as "mercenary"; and a special verdict, animadversive of the practice (if it be a practice), was entered."

Etymology

From classical Latin animadvers-, past participial stem of animadvertere (“animadvert”) + -ive. Compare post-classical Latin animadversīvus.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ive

Usage

Archaic

Derived Forms

animadversiveness

Frequently Paired Words

animadversion animadvert

Rhymes With

immersive subversive recursive cursive roman cursive tail recursive primitive recursive discursive dispersive aversive inversive abstersive

Questions

What does animadversive mean?: Having the ability to perceive, perceptive, attentive, percipient.
Where does animadversive come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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