innative

English

Etymology

innate +‎ -ive, after native

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪˈneɪtɪv/
• Rhymes: -eɪtɪv

Adjective

innative (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) native
   • 1614–1615, Homer, “The Fifth Booke of Homers Odysses”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615, →OCLC:

     His son shall make to his innative port

2. (obsolete) innate

References

• “innative”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Venitian