exaggerative

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English exaggerate

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvus

Old French -ifbor.

Middle English -yf

English -ive

English exaggerative

From exaggerate + -ive.

Adjective

exaggerative (comparative more exaggerative, superlative most exaggerative)

1. Marked by exaggeration.
   • 1876, The Atlantic Monthly, volume 37, page 238:

     […] it is really an uncommon piece of exaggerative imagination which we find in the description of this old bean's elaborate costume, with its pads, straps, strings […]

Derived terms

• exaggeratively
• exaggerativeness

Translations

marked by exaggeration

• Irish: áibhéalach
• Japanese: 誇大 (ja) (こだい, kodai)
• Spanish: ponderativo, exagerativo (es)