Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

intoxicative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-tox-i-ca-tive
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to, or causing intoxication

Example Sentences

"This touches upon the real dilemmas that are now posed for those contemplating the intoxicative practices of late modern capitalist societies."

Etymology

From intoxicate + -ive.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: intoxicate

Derived Forms

autointoxicative

Questions

What does intoxicative mean?: Relating to, or causing intoxication
Where does intoxicative come from?: From intoxicate + -ive.

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