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offensif.

offensive

8 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

adj
  1. offensive

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French offensif, from offendre + -if, by analogy with défensif and parallel to Medieval Latin offēnsīvus. By surface analysis, offenser + -if. First attested in 1417.

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