guessive
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ɛsɪv
Adjective[edit]
guessive (not comparable)
- (rare, obsolete) conjectural
- 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political:
- So in Beasts , in Birds , in Dreams , and all viary Omens , they are only the guessive interpretations of dim - ey'd Man
References[edit]
- “guessive”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.