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reduplicative

[ ri-doo-pli-key-tiv, -dyoo- ]

adjective

  1. tending to reduplicate.
  2. pertaining to or marked by reduplication.


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  • re·dupli·cative·ly adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of reduplicative1

First recorded in 1560–70; reduplicate + -ive

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