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imprecative

/ɪmˈpɹɛkətɪv/

imprecative noun: a grammatical mood, found in some languages, used for curses (in the sense of wishing harm) and marked by a different set of affixes than the optative mood, which is used for wishes in general.

Noun

imprecative (plural imprecatives)

  1. A grammatical mood, found in some languages, used for curses (in the sense of wishing harm) and marked by a different set of affixes than the optative mood, which is used for wishes in general.

Adjective

imprecative (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to the imprecative mood.

Forms of imprecative

pluralimprecatives

Origin of imprecative

By surface analysis, imprecate + -ive.

Questions about imprecative

What does imprecative mean?
Imprecative means a grammatical mood, found in some languages, used for curses (in the sense of wishing harm) and marked by a different set of affixes than the optative mood, which is used for wishes in general.
What part of speech is imprecative?
Imprecative can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce imprecative?
Imprecative is pronounced /ɪmˈpɹɛkətɪv/.
What is the plural of imprecative?
The plural of imprecative is imprecatives.

Words near imprecative in the dictionary

  1. imprecating
  2. imprecatingly
  3. imprecation
  4. imprecational
  5. imprecations
  6. imprecative
  7. imprecatives
  8. imprecator
  9. imprecatorily
  10. imprecators
  11. imprecatory

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