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aggressive

/əˈɡɹesɪv/uh-GREH-siv
/əˈɡɹɛsɪv/uh-GREH-siv

Meaningtending to aggress

Common meaning: ready to attack or argue

Other meanings: forceful

Journey through time

  1. Latinaggredi‘to attack’source
  2. Latinaggressussource
  3. Frenchaggresser‘to assail’source
  4. Englishaggress‘start an attack’
  5. Englishformed in English from aggressaggressive‘ready to attack or argue’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from aggress + -ive.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), AGGRESS, p.12 · scan

Source words

  • aggredi Latin · source word “to attack”

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