inventive.
Of, or relating to invention; pertaining to the act of devising new mechanisms or processes.
Meaning & usage
Of, or relating to invention; pertaining to the act of devising new mechanisms or processes.
an inventive pursuit
Possessed of a particular capacity for the design of new mechanisms or processes, creative or skilful at inventing.
an inventive fellow
Purposely fictive.
an inventive story
Where this word comes from
From Middle English inventif, inventyfe, borrowed from Old French inventif, borrowed from Medieval Latin inventivus. By surface analysis, invent + -ive.
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