Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

exceptive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-cep-tive
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

exceptional, having an exception

Example Sentences

"The only offspring of a race No misalliance did disgrace; Nurtur'd, school'd, fashion'd by their laws, Not wishing an exceptive clause, Till thee, my only choice, I met; And then, with useless, deep regret, I found in birth, and that alone, Thou wert unworthy of a throne!"
"In 1813, Unitarians were set free from legal penalties by the repeal, so far as they were concerned, of the exceptive clauses of the Toleration Act, this relief coming twenty years after Charles James Fox had tried to secure it for them."

Etymology

From except + -ive.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: except

Derived Forms

exceptively exceptivity unexceptive

Questions

What does exceptive mean?: exceptional, having an exception
Where does exceptive come from?: From except + -ive.

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