admissive
(adjective) characterized by or allowing admission; “an Elizabethan tragedy admissive of comic scenes”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
admissive (comparative more admissive, superlative most admissive)
Tending to admit or allow.
• misadvise, misavised
Source: Wiktionary
Ad*mis"sive, a.
Definition: Implying an admission; tending to admit. [R.] Lamb.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
