aperitive

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adjective

Tending to open the bowels; aperient.

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aperient
OriginMedieval Latin aperitivus ← Late Latin apertivus ← Latin aperio →
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Meanings

adjectiveaperitive (comparative more aperitive, superlative most aperitive)

comparative more aperitive · superlative most aperitive

  1. medicineTending to open the bowels; aperient.
  2. Serving as an apéritif: a pre-meal alcoholic drink.

    She was looking, while so occupied, at the German group engaged in the garden, near by, with aperitive beer and disputation....

    1904, Henry James, Fordham Castle
nounaperitive (plural aperitives)

plural aperitives

  1. medicineSynonym of aperient.

    Synonyms: aperient

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of aperient.

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aperient

Origin

  1. Latinaperio
  2. Late Latinapertivus
  3. Medieval Latinaperitivus
  4. Englishaperitive

Borrowed from Medieval Latin aperitivus, from Late Latin apertivus, from Latin aperio. Doublet of apéritif, from French.

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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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