transgressive

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English transgress

Proto-Indo-European *-wós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.

Latin -īvus

Old French -ifbor.

Middle English -yf

English -ive

English transgressive

From transgress + -ive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹænzˈɡɹɛsɪv/, /tɹɑːnzˈɡɹɛsɪv/
• Rhymes: -ɛsɪv

Adjective

transgressive (comparative more transgressive, superlative most transgressive)

1. Involving transgression; that passes beyond some acceptable limit; sinful.
2. Going beyond generally accepted boundaries; violating usual practice, subversive.
   • 2004, Roger Ebert, P.S. movie review:

     'P.S.' is the second movie in two weeks to use reincarnation as the excuse for transgressive sex.

   • 2022 November 21, Barney Ronay, “Iran’s brave and powerful gesture is a small wonder from a World Cup of woe”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Instead England produced something that felt a little transgressive in this most controlled of stages, tightening their grip in a bruising first half, before freewheeling downhill in the second with their feet up on the handlebars.

Translations

involving transgression

• Finnish: omavaltainen
• French: transgressif (fr)
• Galician: transgresor m
• German: grenzüberschreitend (de), übergriffig (de)
• Swedish: please add this translation if you can

going beyond generally accepted boundaries

• Finnish: rajoja rikkova
• Galician: transgresor m
• German: sich regelwidrig verhaltend, übergriffig (de)
• Swedish: please add this translation if you can

Noun

transgressive (plural transgressives)

1. (grammar) A kind of verb expressing a concurrently proceeding or following action, often found in Balto-Slavic languages.
2. A person who transgresses or breaks social rules.

Translations

a verb form

• Czech: přechodník m
• Finnish: transgressiivi
• German: Transgressiv (de) m (Modus transgressivus, Transgressivus)

See also

• adverbial participle
• converb

French

Adjective

transgressive

1. feminine singular of transgressif