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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inflictive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
in-flic-tive
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, pertaining to or causing infliction

Etymology

Etymology tree English inflict Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English inflictive From inflict + -ive.

Inflected Forms

more inflictive (comparative) most inflictive (superlative)

Rhymes With

addictive restrictive predictive vindictive fictive constrictive conflictive magnetostrictive afflictive retrodictive interdictive

Questions

What does inflictive mean?
Of, pertaining to or causing infliction
Where does inflictive come from?
Etymology tree English inflict Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English inflictive From inflict + -ive.

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