auditive

[aw-di-tiv]

adjective

1. auditory.

Word History and Origins

Origin of auditive¹

1400–50; late Middle English auditif (< Middle French ) < Medieval Latin audītīvus, equivalent to Latin audīt ( us ) past participle of audīre to hear + -īvus -ive

Example Sentences

Hitherto we have considered only the audition of a single sound, but it is possible also to have simultaneous auditive sensations, as in musical harmony.

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It is uncertain whether the semi-circular canals are auditive organs or not.

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He is an "auditive" as well as a "visualist," to employ the precious classification of the psychiatrists.

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An audience which had come to applaud ballet was naturally disconcerted by such a contrast, and was unable to concentrate on something purely auditive.

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In fact, allusions to the present were the rule in Iranian courts where kings lived in an ever-present visual and auditive Shah-Nameh environment.

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Related Words

• audible 
• aural