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execrative

noun, adj — 2 senses

execrative

noun

Etymology From execrate + -ive.

1

A word used for cursing; an oath.

  • king cyning, lording, shilling, sweeting Sh, and the Saxon execrative nithing1871, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue:

execrative

adj

Etymology From execrate + -ive.

1

Cursing; imprecatory; vilifying.

Derived terms
execratively

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