Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

embracive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: em-bracive
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Disposed to embrace, or fond of caressing.

Example Sentences

"Not less kind in her way, though less expansive and embracive, was Madame de Montcontour to my wife, as I found on comparing notes with that young woman, when the day's hospitalities were ended."

Etymology

From embrace + -ive.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: embrace

Inflected Forms

more embracive (comparative) most embracive (superlative)

Questions

What does embracive mean?: Disposed to embrace, or fond of caressing.
Where does embracive come from?: From embrace + -ive.

How to pronounce embracive

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