juxtapositiveadj.
/dʒʌkstəˈpɒzɪtɪv/ Grammar.
The designation of a case expressing juxtaposition.
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polyptote1656
instrumental case1801
allative1831
adessive1852
abessive1854
instructive1857
caritive1860
comitative1860
juxtapositive1880
similative1884
illative1890
translative1890
introessive1903
perlative1937
lative1939
patient1939
ergative1943
elative1951
non-objective1954
superessive1971
1880 A. H. Sayce Introd. Sci. of Lang. I. v. 370 Steinthal, however, goes on to divide his formless languages into ‘juxta-positive’ and ‘compositive’.
1890 A. S. Gatschet Klamath Indians i. 490 Juxtapositive case in -tana.
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