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remissive

/ɹəˈmɪsɪv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
re-miss-ive
IPA
/ɹəˈmɪsɪv/
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Remitting; forgiving; abating.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin remissivus. See remit.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ɹəˈmɪsɪv/
  • British English: /ɹɪˈmɪsɪv/

Inflected Forms

more remissive (comparative) most remissive (superlative)

Derived Forms

irremissive remissiveness

Rhymes With

submissive dismissive permissive missive emissive

Questions

How do you pronounce remissive?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɹəˈmɪsɪv/.
What does remissive mean?
Remitting; forgiving; abating.
Where does remissive come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce remissive

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