English Explanatory Dictionary

inventive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of, or relating to invention; pertaining to the act of devising new mechanisms or processes.
  2. Possessed of a particular capacity for the design of new mechanisms or processes, creative or skilful at inventing.
  3. Purposely fictive.

Pronunciation

ĭn-vĕnʹtĭv /ɪnˈvɛntɪv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-inventive.wav

Word forms

inventive more inventive most inventive

Etymology

From Middle English inventif, inventyfe, borrowed from Old French inventif, borrowed from Medieval Latin inventivus. By surface analysis, invent + -ive.

Derived words

inventively inventiveness reinventive uninventive
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