exessive

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/ɪkˈsɛsɪv/

adjective

Of, or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates the transition away from a state.

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Meanings

adjectiveexessive (not comparable)
  1. not comparablegrammarOf, or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates the transition away from a state.
nounexessive (plural exessives)

plural exessives

  1. grammarThe exessive case, or a word in that case.

Origin

From ex- (“out of”) + essive. According to linguist Tiit-Rein Viitso, the case was originally called the excessive (derived from Latin excessus (“departure”)), which would make the spelling exessive a case of folk etymology.

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Translations

Finnish eksessiivinen
  • eksessiivinenof or relating to the exessive case
Polish w exessivusie
  • w exessivusieof or relating to the exessive case

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with exessive

progressiveimpressiveaggressiveexcessivesuccessiveexpressiveobsessivedepressiveoppressiverepressivecompressiverecessiveimmunosuppressiveregressivepossessivesuppressiveautoregressiveunimpressiveantidepressivetransgressiveretrogressivepressiveprocessivedigressive
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Sounds the same

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Cite this entry
APA

exessive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exessive

MLA

“exessive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exessive. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exessive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exessive.

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