Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

corresponsive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cor-re-spon-sive
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

jointly or mutually responsive: exchanging

adj

responsive to stimulus: responding, answering

adj

equivalent or similar in character: corresponding

Example Sentences

"Now on Dardan plains / The fresh and yet unbruised Greeks do pitch / Their brave pavilions: Priam's six-gated city, / Dardan, and Tymbria, Helias, Chetas, Troien, / And Antenorides, with massy staples / And corresponsive and fulfilling bolts, / Sperr up the sons of Troy."

Etymology

Formed as: correspons- (perfect passive participial stem of the Medieval Latin correspondeō) + -ive; compare responsive.

Word Breakdown

Root: correspondeō

Inflected Forms

more corresponsive (comparative) most corresponsive (superlative)

Phrases

corresponsive conjunction

Frequently Paired Words

corresponsively

Questions

What does corresponsive mean?: jointly or mutually responsive: exchanging
Where does corresponsive come from?: Formed as: correspons- (perfect passive participial stem of the Medieval Latin correspondeō) + -ive; compare responsive.

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