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postessive

postessive adjective: indicating a position behind something.

Adjective

postessive (not comparable)

  1. Indicating a position behind something.
    • Northeast Caucasian languages like Lezgian and Agul have a postessive case.

Noun

postessive (uncountable)

  1. The postessive case

Origin of postessive

From post- + essive.

Words formed from postessive

Words that rhyme with postessive

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Questions about postessive

What does postessive mean?
Postessive means indicating a position behind something.
What part of speech is postessive?
Postessive can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near postessive in the dictionary

  1. posteruption
  2. posteruptive
  3. posteruptively
  4. postery
  5. postesophageal
  6. postessive
  7. postessive case
  8. postest
  9. postestimation
  10. postestimations
  11. postestrogenization

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