Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

purificative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pu-rifica-tive
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having power to purify or cleanse.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pūrificātīvus.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: pūrificātīvus

Inflected Forms

more purificative (comparative) most purificative (superlative)

Synonyms

Questions

What does purificative mean?
Having power to purify or cleanse.
Where does purificative come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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