Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

exaggerative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-ag-ger-a-tive
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Marked by exaggeration.

Example Sentences

"[…] it is really an uncommon piece of exaggerative imagination which we find in the description of this old bean's elaborate costume, with its pads, straps, strings […]"

Etymology

Etymology tree English exaggerate Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English exaggerative From exaggerate + -ive.

Inflected Forms

more exaggerative (comparative) most exaggerative (superlative)

Derived Forms

exaggeratively exaggerativeness

Questions

What does exaggerative mean?: Marked by exaggeration.
Where does exaggerative come from?: Etymology tree English exaggerate Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English exaggerative From exaggerate + -ive.

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