applicative, applicatory
(adjective) readily applicable or practical
Source: WordNet® 3.1
applicative (comparative more applicative, superlative most applicative)
Having practical application; applicable.
(computing) Of a programming language: using successive functional transformations on data to arrive at a result.
(programming)
applicative (plural applicatives)
(grammar) A grammatical construct that casts a peripheral noun phrase as direct object.
Source: Wiktionary
Ap"pli*ca*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. applicatif, fr. L. applicare. See Apply.]
Definition: Having of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical. Bramhall.
– Ap"pli*ca*tive*ly, adv.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 May 2025
(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
