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expatiative

adj

Etymology

From expatiate + -ive.

  1. derived from expatior
  2. suffixed as expatiative — “expatiate + ive”

Definitions

  1. Expatiatory, diffusive, expansive.

    • But my Leech—a leech / Fit to suck blood, with lubricous round rings, / Capaciously expatiative, which make / His little body like a red balloon, / As full of blood as that of hydrogen, / Sucked from men's hearts; […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA