explicative
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 25
- Words With Friends
- 29
- Letters
- 11
Definition of explicative
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Explanatory; serving to explain logically or in detail.
“The witness was explicative in telling the police what he saw.”
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Etymology
From Latin explicātīvus, from explicō (“to unfold, open out”).
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