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forgetive

[ fawr-ji-tiv, fohr- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, Archaic.

First recorded in 1590–1600; perhaps forge ¹ + (cre)ative

His forgetive brain was recruited by the nourishment drawn from a ravenous yet healthy stomach.

The very brain of England must have become more “quick, nimble, and forgetive,” before the time of leisure came.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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