Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

self-defensive

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.32 in modern English

Syllables
self--de-fen-sive
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Exhibiting or relating to self-defense.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From self-defense + -ive.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more self-defensive (comparative) most self-defensive (superlative)

Questions

What does self-defensive mean?
Exhibiting or relating to self-defense.
Where does self-defensive come from?
From self-defense + -ive.

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