imprecative

发音

/ɪmˈpɹɛkətɪv/

词形变化

imprecatives 复数 imprecatives

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A grammatical mood, found in some languages, used for curses (in the sense of wishing harm) and marked by a different set of affixes than the optative mood, which is used for wishes in general.

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adj.
  1. 1.

    Pertaining to the imprecative mood.

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词源

By surface analysis, imprecate + -ive.

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