Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

relaxative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-lax-ative
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having the quality of relaxing; relaxing or laxative.

noun

Example Sentences

"you are troubled with some ligatures i' th' neck of your vesica[…]therefore you must use relaxatives"

Etymology

From relax + -ative.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: relax

Inflected Forms

relaxatives (plural)

Questions

What does relaxative mean?: Having the quality of relaxing; relaxing or laxative.
Where does relaxative come from?: From relax + -ative.

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