imaginative
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English ymagynatif, from Middle French imaginatif, from Medieval Latin imāginātīvus.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
imaginative (comparative more imaginative, superlative most imaginative)
- Having a lively or creative imagination.
- 1951 December, Helen Weissenstein, “Readers' Forum”, in Chess Review:
- No doubt kibitzers are highly imaginative. How else could they see wins and brilliant combinations that do not exist?
- an imaginative boy
- Tending to be fanciful or inventive.
- an imaginative story
- False or imagined.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
having a lively imagination
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tending to be fanciful
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false or imagined
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French edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /i.ma.ʒi.na.tiv/
Audio (file) - Homophone: imaginatives
Adjective edit
imaginative
Latin edit
Adjective edit
imāginātīve