contradictive
English
editEtymology
editFrom contradict + -ive.
Adjective
editcontradictive (comparative more contradictive, superlative most contradictive)
- (now rare) Contradictory.
- 1790, Helen Maria Williams, Julia, Routledge, published 2016, page 19:
- [T]here is surely, thought she, a perverse and contradictive spirit in man, which makes the whole sex odious.