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evitative.

grammatically expressing the notion that something is avoided or feared: a grammatical mood found in some Australian Aboriginal languages.

9 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj
  1. grammatically expressing the notion that something is avoided or feared: a grammatical mood found in some Australian Aboriginal languages.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From Latin ēvītāre (“to avoid”), from ē- (“out”) + vītāre (“to shun”).

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