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piaculative

piaculative adjective: piacular; atoning for sin or crime.

Adjective

piaculative (comparative more piaculative, superlative most piaculative)

  1. (rare) Piacular; atoning for sin or crime.
    • The sable presbyters approach / The avenue of penitence; / The young are red and pustular / Clutching piaculative pence.1920, T. S. Eliot, “Mr. Eliot's Sunday Morning Service”, in Poems

Forms of piaculative

comparativemore piaculative
superlativemost piaculative

Origin of piaculative

Coined a. 1920 by T.S. Eliot, from Latin piaculum (“propitiatory sacrifice”) + -ative.

Questions about piaculative

What does piaculative mean?
Piaculative means piacular; atoning for sin or crime.
What part of speech is piaculative?
Piaculative is an adjective.

Words near piaculative in the dictionary

  1. piacula
  2. piacular
  3. piacularities
  4. piacularity
  5. piacularly
  6. piaculative
  7. piaculous
  8. piaculum
  9. piadina
  10. piadinas
  11. piadine

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