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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

emulative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
em-u-la-tive
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having a tendency to emulate others; imitative.

Example Sentences

Etymology

First attested in 1593; borrowed from New Latin emulatīvus, by surface analysis, emulate + -ive.

Origin

Inflected Forms

more emulative (comparative) most emulative (superlative)

Derived Forms

emulatively nonemulative unemulative

Questions

What does emulative mean?
Having a tendency to emulate others; imitative.
Where does emulative come from?
First known use: First attested in 1593.

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