totiveadj.
/ˈtəʊtɪv/ Denoting a whole: see quot. 1874.Apparently an isolated use.
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1874 T. H. Key Lang. xviii. 225 A leading use of the genitive is that called ‘partitive’, but might more fitly be called ‘totive’, for the genitive here denotes the whole whence a part is taken.
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adj.1874- as warm as toast
- as warm etc as toast
- as warm hot as toast
- as was
- as we know it
- as welcome as a fart in a spacesuit
- as well
- as well as
- as well as can be expected
- as well as could be expected
- as when
- as white as a cloth
- as white as a ghost
- as white as a neep
- as white as a sheet
- as white as a swan
- as white as curds
- as white as driven snow
- as white as flour
- as white as glass
- as white as lily flower
- as white as milk
- as white as one's shirt
- as white as snow, milk
- as white as the driven snow