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execrative

[ek-si-krey-tiv, -kruh-]

adjective

  1. pertaining to or characterized by execration.

  2. prone to execrate.

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Other Word Forms

  • execratively adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of execrative1

First recorded in 1820–30; execrate + -ive
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Example Sentences

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And God––it was only a convenient execrative.

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Into the body of the poor Tatars execrative Roman History intercalated an alphabetic letter; and so they continue Ta-r-tars, of fell Tartarean nature, to this day.

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