exhaustive
/ɪɡˈzɔːstɪv/ig-ZAW-stiv
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked/ɪɡˈzɔstɪv/ig-ZAW-stiv
Meaningtending to exhaust
Common meaning: thorough, leaving nothing out
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- exout
- haustto draw up liquid; to drainLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 842 · scan
- iveadjective ending: tending to
‘out’ + ‘to draw up liquid’ → exhaustive
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Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Formed in English from exhaust + -ive.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), EXHAUST, p.199 · scan
Roots
- hauriō, hausī, haustum Latin “to draw up liquid; to drain”
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