单词 | abessive |
释义 | abessive in British English (æbˈɛsɪv) noun linguistics the grammatical case indicating absence abessive in American English (æˈbesɪv) Grammar adjective 1. noting a case, as in Finnish, whose distinctive function is to indicate absence or lack noun 2. the abessive case Word origin [1890–94; ‹ L abess(e) to be distant + -ive]-ive is a suffix of adjectives (and nouns of adjectival origin) expressing tendency, disposition,function, connection, etc. Other words that use the affix -ive include: active, destructive, detective, passive, sportive |
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