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pronunciativeadj.

Brit. /prəˈnʌnsɪətɪv/, U.S. /prəˈnənsiˌeɪdɪv/, /prəˈnənsiədɪv/
Forms: 1600s pronuntiatiue, 1600s– pronunciative.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin pronuntiativus.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin pronuntiativus indicative (from 3rd cent. in grammarians), dogmatic (although this is apparently first attested slightly later: 1622 in a British source) < classical Latin prōnuntiāt- , past participial stem of prōnuntiāre pronounce v. + -īvus -ive suffix. Compare Middle French prononciatif declarative (1557 in an apparently isolated attestation), French prononciatif of, relating to, or derived from pronunciation (1877; now rare), Spanish †pronunciativo (of a stage of a trial) characterized by pronouncement of the sentence (late 16th cent.; rare). Compare pronouncing adj. N.E.D. (1908) also gives a partial pronunciation (-nɒ·nʃ iătiv) -/ˈnʌnʃ(ɪ)ətɪv/.
Of the nature of a pronouncement; declarative; characterized by pronouncement; †dogmatic (obsolete). Also: of or relating to pronunciation.
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peremptory1575
categoricala1620
pronunciative1619
affirmative1650
thetical1653
categoric1678
round1701
plonking1950
1619 A. Gorges tr. F. Bacon Wisedome Ancients xxvi. 131 The confident and pronuntiatiue [L. Pronunciatrix] schoole of Aristotle.
1643 J. Bramhall Serpent Salve 143 His Majesty may be Authoritative Judge where he doth not personally sit: and the naming of a Delegate or High Steward to be a pronunciative Judge, doth not exclude the principall.
1667 Bp. J. Taylor 2nd Pt. Dissuasive from Popery ii. iii. 72 Those were promissive, and these demonstrative, or as others express it, those were pronunciative, and these of the Gospel are contestative.
1704 W. Sheridan Several Disc. 101 The School-men make Four sorts of Judges: First, Authorative [sic]... Secondly, Pronunciative; so, God shall judge the Secrets of Men by Jesus Christ [etc.].
1851 J. Ruskin King Golden River (1860) ii. 38 The singing stopped, and the voice became clear, and pronunciative.
1947 Jrnl. Aesthetics & Art Crit. 5 238 Perhaps one should wish for such a reader a more inquiring and less pronunciative statement of literary value.
1998 Musical Q. 82 590 They could understand the music they heard in terms of the pronunciative aspects of language.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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