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applausive

applausive adjective: conveying applause.

Adjective

applausive (comparative more applausive, superlative most applausive)

  1. Conveying applause.
    • The young woman grew deadly pale, and cast an apprehensive glance upon Maitre Pierre, in whom the bravado of the young gallant seemed only to excite laughter, more scornful than applausive.1823, [Walter Scott], Quentin Durward. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC

Forms of applausive

comparativemore applausive
superlativemost applausive

Origin of applausive

Formed as *applaus- (the perfect passive participial stem of the Latin applaudō) + -ive, thus resembling a regular Anglicisation of a hypothetical Latin etymon of the form *applausīvus. By surface analysis, applause + -ive.

Words formed from applausive

Questions about applausive

What does applausive mean?
Applausive means conveying applause.
What part of speech is applausive?
Applausive is an adjective.

Words near applausive in the dictionary

  1. applauselike
  2. applauseometer
  3. applauseometers
  4. applauses
  5. applauseworthy
  6. applausive
  7. applausively
  8. applausometer
  9. applausometers
  10. applauze
  11. applauzes

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