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corrigative

corrigative adjective: corrective.

Adjective

corrigative

  1. (chiefly non-native speakers' English) Corrective.
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Origin of corrigative

Ultimately from Latin corrigō (whence standard English words like corrigible) + -ative, via one or more other languages (compare e.g. Hungarian korrigáló).

Questions about corrigative

What does corrigative mean?
Corrigative means corrective.
What part of speech is corrigative?
Corrigative is an adjective.

Words near corrigative in the dictionary

  1. corrigans
  2. corrigate
  3. corrigated
  4. corrigates
  5. corrigating
  6. corrigative
  7. corrigen
  8. corrigenda
  9. corrigendum
  10. corrigent
  11. corrigents

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