SEPARATIVE

separative

(adjective) (of a word) referring singly and without exception to the members of a group; “whereas ‘each,’ ‘every,’ ‘either,’ ‘neither,’ and ‘none’ are distributive or referring to a single member of a group, ‘which’ in ‘which of the men’ is separative”

partitive, separative

(adjective) serving to separate or divide into parts; “partitive tendencies in education”; “the uniting influence was stronger than the separative”

separative

(adjective) (used of an accent in Hebrew orthography) indicating that the word marked is separated to a greater or lesser degree rhythmically and grammatically from the word that follows it

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

separative (comparative more separative, superlative most separative)

Serving to separate.

(rare) Tending to keep oneself separate from others.

Noun

separative (plural separatives)

Something that serves to separate.

Source: Wiktionary


Sep"a*ra*tive, a. Etym: [L. separativus.]

Definition: Causing, or being to cause, separation. "Separative virtue of extreme cold." Boyle.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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GUILLOTINE

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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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