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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

expectorative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ex-pec-to-ra-tive
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Archaic form of expectorant.

Archaic

noun

Archaic form of expectorant.

Archaic

Etymology

From expectorate + -ive.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

more expectorative (comparative) most expectorative (superlative) expectoratives (plural)

Questions

What does expectorative mean?
Archaic form of expectorant.
Where does expectorative come from?
From expectorate + -ive.

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