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sputative

sputative adjective: inclined to spit; spitting very much.

Adjective

sputative (comparative more sputative, superlative most sputative)

  1. (archaic) Inclined to spit; spitting very much.
    • a. 1639, Henry Wotton, letter to Doctor C.
      I could pick out any counsell to allay that sputative Symptome which yet remaineth upon me from my obstructions of the Splene

Forms of sputative

comparativemore sputative
superlativemost sputative

Questions about sputative

What does sputative mean?
Sputative means inclined to spit; spitting very much.
What part of speech is sputative?
Sputative is an adjective.

Words near sputative in the dictionary

  1. SPUs
  2. SPUSA
  3. sput
  4. sputa
  5. sputation
  6. sputative
  7. sputcheon
  8. sputcheons
  9. sputnik
  10. Sputnik moment
  11. Sputnik moments

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