| 释义 |
claimative, a. nonce-wd.|ˈkleɪmətɪv|
[f. claim v. + -ative.]
Disposed to make claims, exacting. Hence ˈclaimativeness.
1868Helps Realmah xiv. (1876) 377 E. I am discontented with that word jealousy. Give me another word. M. Claimfulness? E. An ugly word. M. Claimativeness, then? E. That is better. Ibid., I might have been jealous or claimative. Ibid., Free from jealousy, or, to use his own word, claimativeness. |