Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

transumptive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: tran-sump-tive
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"Meander is a riuer in Lycia, a prouince of Natolia, or Aſia minor, famous for the ſinuoſitie & often turning thereof, riſing from certaine hills in Mæonia[;] heerevpon are intricate turnings by a tranſumptiue & metonimicall kind of ſpeech, called Meanders, for this Riuer did ſo ſtrangely path it ſelfe, that the foote ſeemed to touch the head."
"fictive, descriptive, digressive, transumptive [translating Dante's Latin transumptivus], and withal definitive"

Etymology

From Latin transumptivus.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: transumptivus

Inflected Forms

more transumptive (comparative) most transumptive (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

transume transumpt transumption

Questions

What does transumptive mean?: Metaphorical.
Where does transumptive come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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