Word of the Day:
imaginative
What It Means
Having a lively or creative imagination.
Tending to be fanciful or inventive.
an imaginative story
Imaginative in Context
“From this point of view all philosophy is idealism, an imaginative embellishment of scientific knowledge; and, sure enough, Engels prophesies the decline and extinction of philosophy.”
Did You Know?
From Middle English ymagynatif, from Middle French imaginatif, from Medieval Latin imāginātīvus. By surface analysis, imagine + -ative.
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