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flative

UK/ˈfleɪtɪv/

flative adjective: producing farts; flatulent.

Adjective

flative (comparative more flative, superlative most flative)

  1. (Early, Modern, obsolete, rare) Producing farts; flatulent.
    • Artichokes[…]Please the taste: prouoke vrine and Venus: remoue flatiue humours: open obstructions: heate the entralls.1599, Henry Butts, Dyets dry dinner
    • Eat not too many of those apples, they be very flative.1607, Antony Brewer, Lingua

Forms of flative

comparativemore flative
superlativemost flative

Origin of flative

From the Latin flātīvus, from flō (“to blow”).

Words that rhyme with flative

18 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about flative

What does flative mean?
Flative means producing farts; flatulent.
What part of speech is flative?
Flative is an adjective.
How do you pronounce flative?
Flative is pronounced /ˈfleɪtɪv/ (UK).

Words near flative in the dictionary

  1. flation
  2. flatiron
  3. flatiron steak
  4. flatiron steaks
  5. flatirons
  6. flative
  7. flatland
  8. flatlander
  9. flatlanders
  10. flatlands
  11. flatlay

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