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ARGUMENTATIVE
Definition of ARGUMENTATIVE
adjective
Of or relating to argumentation; specifically, presenting a logical argument or line of reasoning; argumentive, discursive.
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Where it comes from
From Late Middle English argumentatif (“syllogistic, sophistic”), from Old French argumentatif, argumentative (modern French argumentatif (“argumentative”)) and Medieval Latin, Late Latin argūmentātīvus, from Latin argūmentātor + -īvus (suffix forming adjectives).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,595)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ARGUMENTATIVE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ARGUMENTATIVE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEEGIMNRTTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, E and T appear more than once.
Words that start ARGUMENTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ARGUMENTATIVE?
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