Meanings
adjectivesputative (comparative more sputative, superlative most sputative)
comparative more sputative · superlative most sputative
- archaicInclined to spit; spitting very much.
a. 1639, Henry Wotton, letter to Doctor C. I could pick out any counsell to allay that sputative Symptome which yet remaineth upon me from my obstructions of the Splene
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sputative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sputative
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“sputative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sputative. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sputative,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sputative.
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