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inflative.

Of an inflating quality or tendency.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ɪnˈfleɪtɪv/UK
  1. Of an inflating quality or tendency.

    not-comparable · obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Middle English inflātīve (“causing swelling; producing wind”), from Medieval Latin īnflātīvus, from īnflō (“to inflate; to blow into”). Compare the obsolete French adjective inflatif, inflative.

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