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reduplicative

American  
[ri-doo-pli-key-tiv, -dyoo-] / rɪˈdu plɪˌkeɪ tɪv, -ˈdyu- /

adjective

  1. tending to reduplicate.

  2. pertaining to or marked by reduplication.

Other Word Forms

  • reduplicatively adjective

Etymology

Origin of reduplicative

First recorded in 1560–70; reduplicate + -ive

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