Disturbative
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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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