accumulative

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Scrabble points: 21
Words With Friends: 28
Letters: 12

Pronunciation

/əˈkjum.jəˌleɪ.tɪv/(US)

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/əˈkjum.jəˌleɪ.tɪv/(US) · /əˈkjum.jəˌlə.tɪv/(US)

Definition of accumulative

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass

“At the back of it all was a nebulous, accumulative foreboding; a gathering together in the cumulus sky; a mounting excitement in the heart of secrecy […]”

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adj

Characterized by accumulation; serving to collect or amass

“At the back of it all was a nebulous, accumulative foreboding; a gathering together in the cumulus sky; a mounting excitement in the heart of secrecy […]”
Having a propensity to amass; acquisitive.

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁mósder.? Latin cumulus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin cumulō Latin accumulō Latin accumulātusbor. Middle English accumylaten English accumulate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English accumulative From accumulate + -ive.

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