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forgetive

[fawr-ji-tiv, fohr-]
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adjective Archaic.
  1. inventive; creative.
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Origin of forgetive

1590–1600; perhaps blend of forge1 and creative
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Examples from the Web for forgetive

Historical Examples

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

    The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's

    David Masson

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

    Genius in Sunshine and Shadow

    Maturin Murray Ballou