syncopative
English
Etymology
syncopate + -ive
Adjective
syncopative (not comparable)
- Of or relating to syncopation.
- 1964, Winthrop Sargeant, Jazz: A History (page 58)
- Any page of sheet-music jazz will reveal a number of common simple syncopative formulas applied to melodic purposes.
- 1964, Winthrop Sargeant, Jazz: A History (page 58)