ORIGINATIVE

creative, originative

(adjective) having the ability or power to create; “a creative imagination”

germinal, originative, seminal

(adjective) containing seeds of later development; “seminal ideas of one discipline can influence the growth of another”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

originative (comparative more originative, superlative most originative)

That originates; creative

Source: Wiktionary


O*rig"i*na*tive, a.

Definition: Having power, or tending, to originate, or bring into existence; originating. H. Bushnell.

– O*rig"i*na*tive*ly, adv.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

6 June 2025

PUNGENCY

(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”


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