guessive
English
Etymology
guess + -ive
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛsɪv
Adjective
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
- 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political
References
- guessive in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913