flative
English
Etymology
From the Latin flātīvus, from flō (“I blow”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfleɪtɪv/
- Rhymes: -eɪtɪv
- Rhymes: -eɪtɪv
Adjective
flative (comparative more flative, superlative most flative)
- (obsolete) Producing wind; flatulent.
- 1607, Antony Brewer, Lingua
- Eat not too many of those apples, they be very flative.
- 1607, Antony Brewer, Lingua
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for flative in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)