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retortive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
re-tortive
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Containing, or acting as, a retort.

Etymology

From retort + -ive.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more retortive (comparative) most retortive (superlative)

Questions

What does retortive mean?
Containing, or acting as, a retort.
Where does retortive come from?
From retort + -ive.

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