Meanings
adjectivepossessival (not comparable)
- not comparablegrammarOf or pertaining to the possessive case.
It looks as if the possessival termination had detached itself in the form of es or is
1871, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue
Origin
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with possessival
arrivalsurvivalrivalrevivalgingivalconjunctivaladjectivalarchrivalnivalperspectivalsubgingivalinfinitivalablativalaccusativalbuccogingivalcorneoconjunctivalcorrivaldativaldeprivalderivaldiminutivaldistogingivalestivalgenitival
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APA
possessival. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/possessival
MLA
“possessival.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/possessival. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “possessival,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/possessival.
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