perlative

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adjective

Describes a case, in very few inflected languages, that expresses movement through or along a referent noun, as "along" in "they travelled along the river".

OriginLatin perlātus →
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Meanings

adjectiveperlative (not comparable)
  1. not comparablegrammarDescribes a case, in very few inflected languages, that expresses movement through or along a referent noun, as "along" in "they travelled along the river".
noun
  1. grammarThe perlative case, also known as the pergressive case.

Origin

  1. Latinperlātus
  2. Englishperlative

Learned borrowing from Latin perlātus + -ive. By surface analysis, per- + lative.

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APA

perlative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perlative

MLA

“perlative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perlative. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “perlative,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/perlative.

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