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detersive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-ter-sive
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having cleansing abilities

noun

A cleansing agent; a detergent.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Compare French détersif.

Inflected Forms

more detersive (comparative) most detersive (superlative) detersives (plural)

Derived Forms

detersively detersiveness

Frequently Paired Words

detergent

Synonyms

detergent

Rhymes With

immersive subversive recursive cursive roman cursive tail recursive primitive recursive discursive dispersive aversive inversive abstersive

Questions

What does detersive mean?
Having cleansing abilities
Where does detersive come from?
Compare French détersif.

How to pronounce detersive

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