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inscriptive

[ in-skrip-tiv ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or of the nature of an inscription.


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Other Words From

  • in·scriptive·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of inscriptive1

1730–40; < Latin inscrīpt ( us ) past participle of inscrībere ( inscription ) + -ive
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Example Sentences

Hardly less so are a fleet crossing Mount Athos, an army treading the Hellespont, a sun eclipsed by Persian arrows, a flying Xerxes, an admired Leonidas, an inscriptive Othryades.

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