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English
Etymology
From Late Latin meliōrō (“make better, improve”) + English -ative (“tending to”, suffix forming adjectives).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmiːlɪɒɹətɪv/, /ˈmiːlɪəɹətɪv/, /ˈmiːljəɹətɪv/
Adjective
meliorative (not comparable)
- (rare) That meliorates; curative, improving, salutary.
1808, G. Edwards, Pract. Plan, chapter iii, page 30:We…become savage in our hatred to the various meliorative processes.
1841, R. Oastler, Fleet Papers, volume I, chapter xl, page 314:Peel has no meliorative and restorative principle to propose.
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Further reading
- James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “† Me·liorative, a.”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VI, Part 2 (M–N), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 317, column 2.
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
meliorative
- inflection of meliorativ:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular