Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

suspective

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sus-pec-tive
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Arousing or based on suspicion.

adj

Being or relating to a specific Korean verb form usually formed with the suffix -지 (-ji, “-ji”), and typically used to deny or qualify something said by another.

Etymology

Etymology tree English suspect Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English suspective From suspect + -ive.

Inflected Forms

more suspective (comparative) most suspective (superlative)

Derived Forms

unsuspective

Questions

What does suspective mean?: Arousing or based on suspicion.
Where does suspective come from?: Etymology tree English suspect Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English suspective From suspect + -ive.

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