Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

expositive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-pos-i-tive
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That explains; expository

Etymology

Etymology tree English exposit(ion) Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English expositive From exposit(ion) + -ive.

Inflected Forms

more expositive (comparative) most expositive (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

behabitive commissive exercitive verdictive

Synonyms

expository

Questions

What does expositive mean?: That explains; expository
Where does expositive come from?: Etymology tree English exposit(ion) Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English expositive From exposit(ion) + -ive.

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