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Word: Fictive
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
early 17th century (but rare before the 19th century): from French fictif, -ive or medieval Latin fictivus, from Latin fingere ‘contrive, form’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈfɪktɪv
Dialects: British English
Definition:
created by the imagination
Short Definition:created by imagination
Examples:- the novel's fictive universe
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