Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

divorcive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
di-vor-cive
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having power to divorce; tending to divorce.

Archaic

Example Sentences

  • "this divorcive law"

Etymology

From divorce + -ive.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more divorcive (comparative) most divorcive (superlative)

Questions

What does divorcive mean?
Having power to divorce; tending to divorce.
Where does divorcive come from?
From divorce + -ive.

How to pronounce divorcive

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