admonitive
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or conveying admonition
Example Sentences
- "Again, this kind of suffering to the devout Fathers did seem many ways significant, or full of instructive and admonitive emblems; […]"
- "Wale’ typically occurs in S-final position and conveys variously dubitative (X is possible, but I doubt it), admonitive (X is possible so be careful; X is the case, so take note) or, when used with imperatives, exhortative (hurry up and X)."
Etymology
Etymology tree English admonition Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English admonitive From admonition + -ive.