expatiative

expatiative

English

Etymology

expatiate +‎ -ive

Adjective

expatiative (comparative more expatiative, superlative most expatiative)

1. expatiatory; expansive; diffusive
   • 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or, Swellfoot The Tyrant: A Tragedy in Two Acts:

     But my Leech—a leech
     Fit to suck blood, with lubricous round rings,
     Capaciously expatiative, which make
     His little body like a red balloon,
     As full of blood as that of hydrogene,
     Sucked from men’s hearts