exessive

English

Etymology

From ex- (“out of”) +‎ essive. According to linguist Tiit-Rein Viitso, the case was originally called the excessive (derived from Latin excessus (“departure”)), which would make the spelling exessive a case of folk etymology.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪkˈsɛsɪv/

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• Rhymes: -ɛsɪv
• Homophone: excessive

Adjective

exessive (not comparable)

1. (grammar) Of, or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates the transition away from a state.

Translations

of or relating to the exessive case

• Finnish: eksessiivinen (fi)
• Polish: w exessivusie

Noun

exessive (plural exessives)

1. (grammar) The exessive case, or a word in that case.

Translations

exessive case — see exessive case