Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

extinctive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-tinc-tive
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tending or serving to extinguish, or make extinct.

Example Sentences

"Even with mild degrees of anxiety the ineffectiveness of the extinctive mechanism is striking."

Etymology

From extinct + -ive.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: extinct

Inflected Forms

more extinctive (comparative) most extinctive (superlative)

Derived Forms

extinctively

Questions

What does extinctive mean?: Tending or serving to extinguish, or make extinct.
Where does extinctive come from?: From extinct + -ive.

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