approbative
/ˈæp.ɹəˌbeɪ.tɪv/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Sanctioning officially, giving authorization or approval to something.
noun
A word or grammatical form which denotes a positive affect expressing the appreciation or approval of the speaker.
Example Sentences
- "approbative criticism"
- "His late Display of unparralled [sic] Generosity to a distressed, though reputable Family, will be enrolled in the Court above; and from the recording Angel, instead of a Tear, extort an approbative smile."
- "[…] the approbative shouts of his half-intoxicated auditors filled his simple soul with delight and pride."
- "An Irish friend then in his nineties once asked me if there were any Yiddish words that weren’t critical. I told him there must be some, though I did not know them. Even words that might seem approbative like chachem for wise man, with the slightest turn take on an ironic twist."
- "And if the words have any graine of truth in them, they must be undestood [sic] not of an Authorative, but onely of a Consultive Power to advise him, or at the most approbative, to give their assent to Laws propounded, he having limited himselfe to make no Laws without them."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: approbātīvus, approbō
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈæp.ɹəˌbeɪ.tɪv/
- British English: /ˈæp.ɹəˌbeɪ.tɪv/