"vetitive" meaning in English

See vetitive in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: veto + -ive. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||ive}} + -ive Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} vetitive (not comparable)
  1. (grammar) Expressing a wish that something will not happen, as in "May we never experience such hardship". Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-vetitive-en-adj-nxo-d-jV Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Noun

Forms: vetitives [plural]
Etymology: veto + -ive. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en||ive}} + -ive Head templates: {{en-noun}} vetitive (plural vetitives)
  1. (grammar) An element of language expressing a wish that something will not happen. Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-vetitive-en-noun-7WuVH9on Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ive Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ive: 27 73 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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