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acquisitive

/əˈkwɪzətɪv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.17 in modern English

Syllables
ac-quis-i-tive
IPA
/əˈkwɪzətɪv/
25
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Acquired.

Obsolete

adj

Able or disposed to make acquisitions; acquiring, greedy.

adj

Dispositioned toward acquiring and retaining information.

Example Sentences

  • "He is an acquisitive person."
  • "She has an acquisitive nature."

Etymology

From an alteration of Latin acquisītus (“acquired, gained”), or possibly from acquisite + -ive.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more acquisitive (comparative) most acquisitive (superlative)

Derived Forms

acquisitively acquisitiveness acquisitivism nonacquisitive unacquisitive

Phrases

acquisitive prize

Synonyms

inquisitive

Questions

How do you pronounce acquisitive?
The recorded pronunciation is /əˈkwɪzətɪv/.
What does acquisitive mean?
Acquired.
Where does acquisitive come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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