retardative
English edit
Etymology edit
From (the participle stem of) Latin retardāre + -ive.
Adjective edit
retardative (comparative more retardative, superlative most retardative)
- That retards; delaying, impeditive. [from 18th c.]
- 2007, Tim Blanning, The Pursuit of Glory, Penguin, published 2008, page 168:
- In the German lands east of the River Elbe and in the Habsburg Monarchy, the anchoring of the serfs to the lord's estate is generally believed to have had a retardative effect […] .