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articulative

articulative adjective: serving to articulate or express something.

Adjective

articulative (not comparable)

  1. Serving to articulate or express something.
    • […] speaking a language invented before the human tongue learned the trick of articulative speech […]1929, Science News Letter
    • […] shock techniques used by rappers are both a mode of self-expression and articulative of the actual language and violence of urban ghetto culture.2003, Douglas Kellner, Media Culture

Origin of articulative

From articulate + -ive?

Words formed from articulative

Questions about articulative

What does articulative mean?
Articulative means serving to articulate or express something.
What part of speech is articulative?
Articulative is an adjective.

Words near articulative in the dictionary

  1. Articulation Indexes
  2. Articulation Indices
  3. articulation point
  4. articulational
  5. articulations
  6. articulative
  7. articulatively
  8. articulator
  9. articulatorily
  10. articulators
  11. articulatory

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