Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

decoctive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-coc-tive
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Serving to decoct.

Example Sentences

"More or less change was effected, however, in nearly all cases, and the augitic and feldspathic and olivinitic minerals were reduced, by the decoctive action of the water, to chloritic and micaceous elements."

Etymology

From decoct + -ive.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: decoct

Questions

What does decoctive mean?: Serving to decoct.
Where does decoctive come from?: From decoct + -ive.

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