subessive

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adjective

Indicating position under or below something.

“Northeast Caucasian languages like Tsez and Bezhta have a subessive case.”

OriginLatin subesse →
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Meanings

adjectivesubessive (not comparable)
  1. not comparablegrammarIndicating position under or below something.

    Northeast Caucasian languages like Tsez and Bezhta have a subessive case.

Origin

  1. Latinsubesse“to be under or below”
  2. Englishsubessive

From Latin subesse (“to be under or below”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with subessive

progressiveimpressiveaggressiveexcessivesuccessiveexpressiveobsessivedepressiveoppressiverepressivecompressiverecessiveimmunosuppressiveregressivepossessivesuppressiveautoregressiveunimpressiveantidepressivetransgressiveretrogressivepressiveprocessivedigressive
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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