Pronunciative

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Adjective

1
Of or relating to pronunciation.
"The letter y has the same pronunciative value as i, and can always be substituted by i."
2
Uttering confidently; dogmatical. obsolete
"the confident and pronunciative School of Aristotle"
3
Pertaining to making pronouncements; declamatory.
"Such a judge is not an authoritative judge, but pronunciative only; neither can he make law, but declare it, without any negative voice."
4
The mood of a verb that implies a pronouncement or assertion.
"It would probably be the most logical course to treat of the adjunctive genus first (as it, generally speaking, keeps closer to the root than the sejunctive one) both in its pronunciative and its imperative mood; and then deal with the sejunctive in both moods."

Synonyms

bigoted doctrinaire dogmatic opinionated oracular peremptory

Example

"The letter y has the same pronunciative value as i, and can always be substituted by i."

Etymology

Latin pronunciativus.

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