English Explanatory Dictionary

exhaustive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Including every possible element: fully comprehensive.
  2. Causing exhaustion; very tiring.

Pronunciation

/ɪɡˈzɔːstɪv/ /ɪɡˈzɔstɪv/ /ɪɡˈzɑstɪv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-exhaustive.wav /ɪɡˈzoːstɪv/ /ɘɡˈzoːstɘv/

Word forms

exhaustive more exhaustive most exhaustive

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-ye-tider. Proto-Italic *auzjō Latin hauriō Latin exhauriō Latin exhaustus Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Medieval Latin exhaustīvusbor. English exhaustive Borrowed from Medieval Latin exhaustīvus. By surface analysis, exhaust + -ive.

Synonyms

all-encompassing tiring weariful draining exhausting exhaustive fatiguing grueling tiresome wearing wearisome weary

Derived words

collectively exhaustive exhaustively exhaustiveness exhaustivity inexhaustive nonexhaustive unexhaustive
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