Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jurisdictive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ju-ris-dic-tive
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"to ecclesiastical censure no jurisdictive power can be added, without a childish and dangerous oversight in policy"

Etymology

From jurisdict(ion) + -ive, on analogy of administration, administrative, and the like. The Oxford English Dictionary notes that adjectives in -ive are properly formed on verbs and that there is no Latin *jūrisdīcere.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: jurisdiction

Questions

What does jurisdictive mean?: jurisdictional
Where does jurisdictive come from?: From jurisdict(ion) + -ive, on analogy of administration, administrative, and the like. The Oxford English Dictionary notes that adjectives in -ive are properly formed on verbs and that there is no Latin *jūrisdīcere.

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