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quassative

quassative adjective: shaking; trembling.

Adjective

quassative (comparative more quassative, superlative most quassative)

  1. shaking; trembling

Forms of quassative

comparativemore quassative
superlativemost quassative

Origin of quassative

From Latin quassātus, past participle of quassō (“to shake, to quake”), with the adjective suffix -ive.

Questions about quassative

What does quassative mean?
Quassative means shaking; trembling.
What part of speech is quassative?
Quassative is an adjective.

Words near quassative in the dictionary

  1. quasos
  2. quasquicentennial
  3. quass
  4. quassation
  5. quassations
  6. quassative
  7. quassed
  8. quasses
  9. quassia
  10. quassias
  11. quassin

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