adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Serving to articulate or express something. not-comparable

   "[…] speaking a language invented before the human tongue learned the trick of articulative speech […]"

Adjective

1. 1
   of or relating to articulation wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

articulatoryarticulatory

Example

More examples

"[…] speaking a language invented before the human tongue learned the trick of articulative speech […]"

Etymology

From articulate + -ive?

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