illustrative.
Demonstrative, exemplative, showing an example or demonstrating.
Meaning & usage
Demonstrative, exemplative, showing an example or demonstrating.
This latest incident is illustrative of his continued bad behavior.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Latin lūstrō Latin illūstrō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin illūstrātiōbor. Middle French illustrationbor. English illustrationbf. English illustrate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English illustrative From illustrate + -ive.
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