forgetive
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of forgetive
First recorded in 1590–1600; perhaps forge 1 + (cre)ative
Example Sentences
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With an understanding fertile, subtle, expansive, "quick, forgetive, apprehensive," beyond all living precedent, few traces of it will perhaps remain.
From The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits by Hazlitt, William
Being quick and forgetive in his mental operations, even while completing his toilet, he had formed a plan for an attack upon the kingdom of darkness lying around him.
From Adèle Dubois A Story of the Lovely Miramichi Valley in New Brunswick by Savage, Mrs. William T.
“Antony and Cleopatra,” iv, 14, 9. quick, forgetive.
From Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by Zeitlin, Jacob
With an understanding fertile, subtle, expansive, “quick, forgetive, apprehensive,” beyond all living precedent, few traces of it will perhaps remain.
From Hazlitt on English Literature An Introduction to the Appreciation of Literature by Zeitlin, Jacob
Howsoever "apprehensive, quick, forgetive, full of nimble, fiery, and delectable shapes" his brain may be, it never gambols from the superintendence of his reason and understanding.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859 by Various
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