plurative
/ˈplʊərətɪv/ /ˈplɔːrətɪv/adjective
1 Grammar. = plural. Also as noun rare.
- In later use also occasionally used to designate various forms, affixes, etc., found in certain languages, which confer or partake of some of the properties associated with plurality..
2 Logic. Of a proposition, assertion, etc.: applying to a proportion (usually more than half) of the subject concerned. Also used to designate the type of logic which is concerned with such propositions.
Origin
Late 16th century; earliest use found in John Foxe (?1517–1587), martyrologist. From classical Latin plūrātīvus (adjective) plural (Gellius) from plūr-, plūs more + -ātīvus, after grammatical terms in -ātīvus, as nōminātīvus, comparātīvus, etc. In later use in sense 1 chiefly after German Plurativ, noun.