-itive

1. a suffix occurring in substantives of Latin origin:

   definitive; fugitive.

Word History and Origins

Origin of -itive¹

< Latin -itīvus or -ītīvus; -ite ², -ive

Example Sentences

Splen′itive, full of spleen, passionate, irritable.—ns.

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Supposi′tionary, hypothetical; Suppos′itive, implying, expressing, or including a supposition.—adv.

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Voli′tionless; Vol′itive, having power to will: expressing a wish.

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Vom′itive, Vom′itory, causing to vomit.—n. a vomit or emetic.—ns.

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Primogen′itary, Primogen′itive, of or belonging to primogeniture.—ns.

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