suffocative
English
Etymology
suffocate + -ive
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsʌfəkətɪv/
Adjective
suffocative (comparative more suffocative, superlative most suffocative)
- Tending or able to choke or stifle.
- 1712, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Effects of Air on Human Bodies
- suffocative catarrhs
- 1712, John Arbuthnot, An Essay Concerning the Effects of Air on Human Bodies
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 suffocative in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)