Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

displacive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dis-placive
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That involves or causes displacement

Etymology

Etymology tree English displace Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English displacive From displace + -ive.

Inflected Forms

more displacive (comparative) most displacive (superlative)

Questions

What does displacive mean?: That involves or causes displacement
Where does displacive come from?: Etymology tree English displace Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English displacive From displace + -ive.

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