Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

insinuative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-sin-u-a-tive
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tending to insinuate; insinuating

Etymology

Etymology tree English insinuate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English insinuative From insinuate + -ive.

Inflected Forms

more insinuative (comparative) most insinuative (superlative)

Derived Forms

insinuatively insinuativeness

Questions

What does insinuative mean?: Tending to insinuate; insinuating
Where does insinuative come from?: Etymology tree English insinuate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English insinuative From insinuate + -ive.

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