observative

[ uhb-zur-vuh-tiv ]
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adjective
  1. an uncommon variant of observant.

Origin of observative

1
First recorded in 1600–10; Latin observāt(us) “watched” (past participle of observāre “to watch, regard, attend to”; see observe ) + -ive

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