discretive

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
/dɪsˈkɹiːt.ɪv/    /dɪsˈkɹiːt.ɪv/|/dɪsˈkɹit.ɪv/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A discretive proposition.
形容词 adj.
  1. Marking distinction or separation. not-comparable
    — A like discretive power is exercised in the sphere of each of the senses ; thus it is that the expe- rienced cook judges not only of the "far too much," but of the "much too little" of some one ingredient in the compound upon which the epicure, his master, shall bestow his commendation.
  2. Disjunctive with the additional characteristic that the conjoined clauses, while exhibiting a disjunct, are both asserted as true. not-comparable
    — BUT is a Particle, none more familiar in our Language: and he that ſays it is a diſcretive Conjunction, and that it anſwers Sed in Latin, or Mais in French, thinks he has ſufficiently explained it.

词形变化

discretives plural

词源

词源 1
Learned borrowing from Late Latin discrētīvus. See discrete.
词源 2
Learned borrowing from Late Latin discrētīvus. See discrete.
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