Disturbative

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, pertaining to, or causing the act of disturbing. archaic

    "It is not to say that all crowds are disturbative, or woe betide fashionable assemblies; but the element of disturbance is always at hand wherever a crowd is collected."

Example

More examples

"It is not to say that all crowds are disturbative, or woe betide fashionable assemblies; but the element of disturbance is always at hand wherever a crowd is collected."

Etymology

From disturbāt-, past participial stem of disturbō, + -ive. By surface analysis, disturb + -ative.

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