communicativeadj.

Brit.

/kəˈmjuːnᵻkətɪv/, U.S.

/kəˈmjunəˌkeɪdɪv/,

/kəˈmjunəkədɪv/

Forms: Middle English comunycatif, late Middle English comunicatise (transmission error), 1600s communicatiue, 1600s– communicative.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French communicatif; Latin communicativus.

Etymology: < Middle French, French communicatif liberal (1282 in Old French), (of a thing) that has the quality of communicating or diffusing itself (c1370), (of a person) disposed to share with others (c1370), sociable (late 15th cent.), and its etymon post-classical Latin communicativus that is common to several things (6th cent.), tending to impart (1230–50 in Bartholomaeus Anglicus (compare quot. a1398 at sense 1); frequently in British sources), informative (14th cent. in a British source) < classical Latin commūnicāt- , past participial stem of commūnicāre communicate v. + -īvus -ive suffix. Compare Catalan comunicatiu (1491), Spanish comunicativo (first half of the 16th cent.), Portuguese comunicativo (15th cent.), Italian comunicativo (a1406).In communicative justice at sense 2 after post-classical Latin iustitia communicativa (a1273 in Aquinas); for the Greek expression used by Aristotle see commutative justice n. at commutative adj. 1b.

†1. That has the quality of communicating or diffusing itself; diffusive; contagious. Cf. communative adj., communitive adj.¹ Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [adjective] > spreading or diffusing > specifically of immaterial things

communicativea1398

ranging1556

spreading1560

communative1616

distributive1628

communitive1649

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. viii. xxviii. 506 Liȝt is..most profitable, most glad, and most comunycatif.

c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 22 (MED) Þe comunicatise [read comunicatife] doctrine of broþer.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Tt^v Which did so playnly and highly exalt the good which is Communicatiue and depresse the good which is priuate and particuler.

1645 E. Calamy Indictm. against Eng. 31 A communicative mercy that perfumeth whole Kingdomes with blessings.

1651 Bp. J. Taylor XXVIII Serm. iii. 28 An evil so communicative that it doth..work like poison.

1680 A. Littleton 61 Serm. 182 Grace is spreading upon all occasions and communicative..like the widows oile, it runs over, and fills the neighbours Vessels.

1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 169 True Religion is naturally communicative.

1747 T. Stackhouse New & Pract. Expos. Apostles Creed 71 His transcendent and infinite Goodness..is, in its own Nature, and in the very Notion of it, most free, diffusive, and communicative.

1776 Bp. G. Horne Comm. Bk. Psalms II. (xiii. 20–22) 117 Joy is observed to be of a diffusive and communicative nature.

2. communicative justice = commutative justice n. at commutative adj. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > rightness or justice > [noun] > maintenance of right by reward or punishment > specific

communicative justicea1513

commutative justice1531

corrective justice1531

distributive justice1531

retributive justice1619

expletive justice1652

expletory justice1654

poetical justice1678

poetic justice1691

retributivism1954

a1513 J. Irland Meroure of Wyssdome (1990) III. 110 Iustice politik is diuidit in iustice communicatiue betuixt merchandis and iustice distributiue þat pertenis to iugis.

1670 J. Taylor Rule & Exercises Holy Living i. iii. 180 [Whatsoever yee would that men should do to you, even so do to them.] This is the measure of communicative justice, or of that justice which supposes exchange of things profitable, for things profitable: that as I supply your need, you may supply mine [etc.].

1766 T. H. Croker et al. Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. III. sig. Rr2^v, at Aristotle Communicative justice has commerce for its object; consists in rendering to every man his due; and must proceed according to arithmetical proportion.

1829 London Encycl. XII. 281/1 Communicative justice establishes fair dealing in the mutual commerce between man and man: and includes sincerity in our discourse, and integrity in our dealings.

1987 D. J. Schmidt tr. E. Bloch Natural Law & Human Dignity viii. 40 Ultimately, the proportion for distributive justice infringes upon that given for communicative justice.

2005 R. R. Osmer Teaching Ministry Congregations x. 268 Participation in practices of communicative justice in our families and congregation has the effect of cultivating a basic sense of fairness.

†3. Suitable for or capable of being communicated; communicable. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > [adjective] > communicated > able to be

communicable1587

communicative1601

impartible1631

impartable1655

conveyable1738

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > production of disease > [adjective] > infectious

contagiousc1374

infectivea1398

smitting?c1450

infected1480

infectuous1495

infecting1539

infectious1575

smittle1583

catching1594

contaminous1599

taking1608

communicative1741

malignant1822

contaminative1826

zymotic1842

smittling1845

infectant1855

autoinfective1874

catchy1884

toxo-infectious1907

postinfectious1913

1601 T. Wright Passions of Minde 215 Not as wordes communicatiue to some few present auditors, but blazed to the world.

1689 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) I. 317 The Board's Readiness to Receive any thing ffrom him Communicative to them.

1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. vi. 34 Subject to communicative Distempers, as scrophulous, or scorbutick..Disorders.

†4. Disposed to communicate or impart gifts, benefits, etc.; liberal, generous. Frequently with of. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > [adjective]

custyeOE

room-handeda1200

largea1225

free?c1225

plenteousc1350

bounteousc1374

liberalc1384

free-hearteda1398

ungnedea1400

royalc1405

opena1425

plentifula1475

profuse?a1475

ungrighta1475

lavishc1475

almifluent1477

prodigous1477

frank1484

bountiful1508

largifluent?a1525

munificent1565

magnificent1577

largeous1583

munifical1583

magnifical1586

free-handed1592

frolic1593

open-handed1593

magnific?1594

prodigal1595

goodwillya1598

communicativea1602

real1602

prodig1605

unniggard1605

generous1615

open-hearteda1617

large-handeda1628

unniggardly1628

fluent1633

profusive1638

numerous1655

largifical1656

insordid1660

unsparing1667

dispensive1677

expensive1678

wasteful1701

flush1703

unboundeda1704

genteel1741

munific1745

magnifique1751

ungrudginga1774

unstinting1845

brickish1860

flaithulach1876

princely1889

outgiving1896

sharing1922

two-handed1929

a1602 W. Perkins Comm. Epist. Gal. (1604) vi. 593 For the more beneficiall and communicatiue we shewe our selues to be, the greater goodnesse we shewe to be in vs, as the fountaine which powreth forth his streames vnto all.

1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes (1640) iii. iv. 62 The young heyre grew a fine Gentleman..very communicatiue, and liberall.

1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. v. 140 As to the necessaries of life, he was very liberall and communicative, ready to do good.

a1716 O. Blackall Wks. (1723) I. xliii. 437 He is communicative of his Gifts.

1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Jewish War ii. viii, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 769 These men are despisers of riches: and..very communicative.

1785 W. Cowper Task i. 332 Communicative of the good he owns.

1803 J. Aikin et al. Gen. Biogr. IV. 131/2 His manners were sweet and amiable; his temper generous and communicative.

†5.

a. Ready to interact socially; not stiff or reserved; sociable. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > social intercourse or companionship > [adjective] > open to conversation > communicative

communicablea1533

communicative1602

conversablea1684

conversationable1843

1602 S. Patrick tr. I. Gentillet Disc. Wel Governing 313 A lover of the people, humane, kind, communicative, of easie accesse.

1673 tr. A. de Courtin Rules Civility (ed. 2) vi. 66 Reservedness is..unwelcome to all Societies, when a hearty communicative man is useful and acceptable.

1753 M. Johnson Let. 21 May in Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica No. 2 (1782) 435 I..received great civilities from his communicative courtesy.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1770 I. 338 [W. Maxwell:] The most accessible and communicative man alive.

b. Characterized by or associated with social intercourse. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > [adjective] > participating > requiring or involving participation

joint1424

joined patent1552

communicative1617

participational1943

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 34 [Drunkenness] is communicatiue, and requires the emulation of companions.

1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 252 As Solitude is an Enemy to the Humane Nature which loves a Social Communicative Life, [etc.].

†6. Commonly or generally applicable. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > generally applicable

general1394

communicative1641

irrestrictive1709

unrestrained1764

1641 J. Milton Animadversions 49 If the reason of this..name, Angel, be equally collective, and communicative to the whole preaching ministry..then must the name be collectively, and communicatively taken.

a. Ready to impart information, opinions, etc.; free in conversation, open, frank; talkative. Also with of. (Now the most common sense.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adjective]

wordyeOE

talewisec1200

i-worded?c1225

babblinga1250

cacklinga1250

chatteringa1250

speakfula1250

word-wooda1250

of many wordsc1350

janglingc1374

tatteringc1380

tongueya1382

ganglinga1398

readya1400

jargaunt1412

talkative1432

open-moutheda1470

clattering1477

trattling?a1513

windy1513

popping1528

smatteringa1529

rattle?1529

communicablea1533

blab1552

gaggling1553

long-tongued?1553

prittle-prattle1556

pattering1558

talking1560

bobling1566

gabbling1566

verbal1572

piet1573

twattling1573

flibber gibber1575

babblative1576

tickle-tongued1577

tattling1581

buzzing1587

long-winded1589

multiloquous1591

discoursive1599

rattling1600

glib1602

flippant1605

talkful1605

nimble-tongued1608

tongue-ripe1610

fliperous1611

garrulous?1611

futile1612

overspeaking1612

feather-tongueda1618

tongue-free1617

long-breatheda1628

well-breathed1635

multiloquious1640

untongue-tied1640

unretentive1650

communicative1651

linguacious1651

glibbed1654

largiloquent1656

multiloquent1656

parlagea1657

loose-clacked1661

nimble-chop1662

twit-twat1665

over-talkativea1667

loquacious1667

loudmouth1668

conversable1673

gash1681

narrative1681

chappy1693

apposite1701

conversative1703

gabbit1710

lubricous1715

gabby?1719

ventose1721

taleful1726

chatty?1741

blethering1759

renable1781

fetch-fire1784

conversational1799

conversant1803

gashing1808

long-lunged1815

talky1815

multi-loquacious1819

prolegomenous1822

talky-talky1831

nimble-mouthed1836

slipper1842

speechful1842

gassy1843

in great force1849

yattering1859

babbly1860

irreticent1864

chattable1867

lubrical1867

chattery1869

loose-mouthed1872

chinny1883

tongue-wagging1885

yappy1909

big-mouthed1914

loose-lipped1919

ear-bashing1945

ear-bending1946

yackety-yacking1953

nattering1959

yacking1959

woofy1960

1651 J. French Art Distillation To Rdr. sig. ¶3v Above all things apply thy selfe to an expert, faithful, and communicative Artist... I said..communicative, that he may be free in discovering himselfe and his Art to thee.

1662 S. Clarke Coll. Lives Ten Eminent Divines 57 He was, not only a lover of Labour, but Communicative of his Learning, and therefore he proved a diligent Tutor, and had many young Students committed to his care.

a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1655 (1955) III. 163 This Gent: was Master of innumerable Curiosities, & very communicative.

a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 191 They were in a particular manner communicative to me.

1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VI. xix. 80 Upon every..article of ancient dress, Rubenius was very communicative to my father;—gave him a full and satisfactory account of..The Paludamentum.

1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal iii. iii. 40 I was always of a communicative disposition, and thought it a pity to keep so much knowledge to myself.

1847 H. Miller First Impressions Eng. v. 83 The lengthened anecdotes of the communicative Annette.

1877 Harper's Mag. Apr. 677/2 His manner was perfectly courteous and calm, but it was not a communicative manner.

1925 William & Mary Q. 5 222 You have that communicative disposition so typical of the Latin race.

1963 J. Stein tr. H. Gal Johannes Brahms 82 Billroth had the habit of writing long letters to Hanslick after performances of Brahms's works, giving his impressions in an enthusiastic and freely communicative manner.

2002 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 14 Feb. 50 (advt.) Attractive, very communicative financially secure Boston SWM... Visits NYC often. Seeks smart F for whatever happens.

b. Effective as a means of communicating or conveying information, etc.; expressive or eloquent (of something). rare before late 19th cent.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > [adjective] > communicating > suitable for

communicable1589

communicative1664

1664 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) III. 147 It [sc. a publication] would certainly be most communicative and effectual in Latin.

1850 ‘Boston Professor’ Orpheus 25 It is by this alone, that music becomes a most powerfully communicative language.

1856 Talking & Debating 3 Our language is not merely expressive of our wants, it is communicative of ideas and impulses that stand far above all material things.

1885 R. L. Stevenson in Contemp. Rev. Apr. 561 Choosing apt, explicit, and communicative words.

1914 Burlington Mag. Sept. 360/2 A study founded on knowledge and thought, and communicative of its author's profound enthusiasm.

1941 B. Aly Rhet. Alexander Hamilton vii. 197 To discover ways in which the American genius has expressed itself in communicative language as well as in fantasy and image.

2005 A. Cunningham in Teaching & Learning Vocab. i. iii. 52 In writing there is far more time to search one's vocabulary (or thesaurus or dictionary) for the most appropriate, precise, and communicative words.

8. Of, relating to, or characterized by the communication of information, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > [adjective]

intercommunicativea1641

communicative1670

communicatory1846

communicational1862

1670 Earl of Clarendon Counsel & Conversation in Tracts (1727) 137 The communicative Duty which we owe to our Brethren.

1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks II. iv. 81 A Creature..wholly destitute of a communicative or social Principle.

1863 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Bk. Gen. (ii. 18–20) 112 From the passive and receptive to the active and communicative stage.

1892 Mind 1 338 It is a question whether the rudest articulate fixing of concepts of actions would not assert the communicative utility of the syllables.

1922 Eng. Jrnl. 11 468 Upon this seething cauldron of communicative impulses, the school..clamps the lid of linguistic ritual.

1969 C. Davidson in A. Cockburn & R. Blackburn Student Power 349 We could all use some training in graphic and communicative arts.

2002 A. Feenberg Transforming Technol. (rev. ed.) iv. 106 People become information processors and decision makers, rather than participants in shared communicative activity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	communicative
释义	communicativeadj. Brit. /kəˈmjuːnᵻkətɪv/, U.S. /kəˈmjunəˌkeɪdɪv/, /kəˈmjunəkədɪv/ Forms: Middle English comunycatif, late Middle English comunicatise (transmission error), 1600s communicatiue, 1600s– communicative. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French communicatif; Latin communicativus. Etymology: < Middle French, French communicatif liberal (1282 in Old French), (of a thing) that has the quality of communicating or diffusing itself (c1370), (of a person) disposed to share with others (c1370), sociable (late 15th cent.), and its etymon post-classical Latin communicativus that is common to several things (6th cent.), tending to impart (1230–50 in Bartholomaeus Anglicus (compare quot. a1398 at sense 1); frequently in British sources), informative (14th cent. in a British source) < classical Latin commūnicāt- , past participial stem of commūnicāre communicate v. + -īvus -ive suffix. Compare Catalan comunicatiu (1491), Spanish comunicativo (first half of the 16th cent.), Portuguese comunicativo (15th cent.), Italian comunicativo (a1406).In communicative justice at sense 2 after post-classical Latin iustitia communicativa (a1273 in Aquinas); for the Greek expression used by Aristotle see commutative justice n. at commutative adj. 1b. †1. That has the quality of communicating or diffusing itself; diffusive; contagious. Cf. communative adj., communitive adj.¹ Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > spreading or diffusion > [adjective] > spreading or diffusing > specifically of immaterial things communicativea1398 ranging1556 spreading1560 communative1616 distributive1628 communitive1649 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. viii. xxviii. 506 Liȝt is..most profitable, most glad, and most comunycatif. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 22 (MED) Þe comunicatise [read comunicatife] doctrine of broþer. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Tt^v Which did so playnly and highly exalt the good which is Communicatiue and depresse the good which is priuate and particuler. View more context for this quotation 1645 E. Calamy Indictm. against Eng. 31 A communicative mercy that perfumeth whole Kingdomes with blessings. 1651 Bp. J. Taylor XXVIII Serm. iii. 28 An evil so communicative that it doth..work like poison. 1680 A. Littleton 61 Serm. 182 Grace is spreading upon all occasions and communicative..like the widows oile, it runs over, and fills the neighbours Vessels. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 169 True Religion is naturally communicative. 1747 T. Stackhouse New & Pract. Expos. Apostles Creed 71 His transcendent and infinite Goodness..is, in its own Nature, and in the very Notion of it, most free, diffusive, and communicative. 1776 Bp. G. Horne Comm. Bk. Psalms II. (xiii. 20–22) 117 Joy is observed to be of a diffusive and communicative nature. 2. communicative justice = commutative justice n. at commutative adj. 1b. ΘΚΠ society > morality > rightness or justice > [noun] > maintenance of right by reward or punishment > specific communicative justicea1513 commutative justice1531 corrective justice1531 distributive justice1531 retributive justice1619 expletive justice1652 expletory justice1654 poetical justice1678 poetic justice1691 retributivism1954 a1513 J. Irland Meroure of Wyssdome (1990) III. 110 Iustice politik is diuidit in iustice communicatiue betuixt merchandis and iustice distributiue þat pertenis to iugis. 1670 J. Taylor Rule & Exercises Holy Living i. iii. 180 [Whatsoever yee would that men should do to you, even so do to them.] This is the measure of communicative justice, or of that justice which supposes exchange of things profitable, for things profitable: that as I supply your need, you may supply mine [etc.]. 1766 T. H. Croker et al. Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. III. sig. Rr2^v, at Aristotle Communicative justice has commerce for its object; consists in rendering to every man his due; and must proceed according to arithmetical proportion. 1829 London Encycl. XII. 281/1 Communicative justice establishes fair dealing in the mutual commerce between man and man: and includes sincerity in our discourse, and integrity in our dealings. 1987 D. J. Schmidt tr. E. Bloch Natural Law & Human Dignity viii. 40 Ultimately, the proportion for distributive justice infringes upon that given for communicative justice. 2005 R. R. Osmer Teaching Ministry Congregations x. 268 Participation in practices of communicative justice in our families and congregation has the effect of cultivating a basic sense of fairness. †3. Suitable for or capable of being communicated; communicable. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > communication > [adjective] > communicated > able to be communicable1587 communicative1601 impartible1631 impartable1655 conveyable1738 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > production of disease > [adjective] > infectious contagiousc1374 infectivea1398 smitting?c1450 infected1480 infectuous1495 infecting1539 infectious1575 smittle1583 catching1594 contaminous1599 taking1608 communicative1741 malignant1822 contaminative1826 zymotic1842 smittling1845 infectant1855 autoinfective1874 catchy1884 toxo-infectious1907 postinfectious1913 1601 T. Wright Passions of Minde 215 Not as wordes communicatiue to some few present auditors, but blazed to the world. 1689 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) I. 317 The Board's Readiness to Receive any thing ffrom him Communicative to them. 1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. vi. 34 Subject to communicative Distempers, as scrophulous, or scorbutick..Disorders. †4. Disposed to communicate or impart gifts, benefits, etc.; liberal, generous. Frequently with of. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > [adjective] custyeOE room-handeda1200 largea1225 free?c1225 plenteousc1350 bounteousc1374 liberalc1384 free-hearteda1398 ungnedea1400 royalc1405 opena1425 plentifula1475 profuse?a1475 ungrighta1475 lavishc1475 almifluent1477 prodigous1477 frank1484 bountiful1508 largifluent?a1525 munificent1565 magnificent1577 largeous1583 munifical1583 magnifical1586 free-handed1592 frolic1593 open-handed1593 magnific?1594 prodigal1595 goodwillya1598 communicativea1602 real1602 prodig1605 unniggard1605 generous1615 open-hearteda1617 large-handeda1628 unniggardly1628 fluent1633 profusive1638 numerous1655 largifical1656 insordid1660 unsparing1667 dispensive1677 expensive1678 wasteful1701 flush1703 unboundeda1704 genteel1741 munific1745 magnifique1751 ungrudginga1774 unstinting1845 brickish1860 flaithulach1876 princely1889 outgiving1896 sharing1922 two-handed1929 a1602 W. Perkins Comm. Epist. Gal. (1604) vi. 593 For the more beneficiall and communicatiue we shewe our selues to be, the greater goodnesse we shewe to be in vs, as the fountaine which powreth forth his streames vnto all. 1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes (1640) iii. iv. 62 The young heyre grew a fine Gentleman..very communicatiue, and liberall. 1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. v. 140 As to the necessaries of life, he was very liberall and communicative, ready to do good. a1716 O. Blackall Wks. (1723) I. xliii. 437 He is communicative of his Gifts. 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Jewish War ii. viii, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 769 These men are despisers of riches: and..very communicative. 1785 W. Cowper Task i. 332 Communicative of the good he owns. 1803 J. Aikin et al. Gen. Biogr. IV. 131/2 His manners were sweet and amiable; his temper generous and communicative. †5. a. Ready to interact socially; not stiff or reserved; sociable. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > social intercourse or companionship > [adjective] > open to conversation > communicative communicablea1533 communicative1602 conversablea1684 conversationable1843 1602 S. Patrick tr. I. Gentillet Disc. Wel Governing 313 A lover of the people, humane, kind, communicative, of easie accesse. 1673 tr. A. de Courtin Rules Civility (ed. 2) vi. 66 Reservedness is..unwelcome to all Societies, when a hearty communicative man is useful and acceptable. 1753 M. Johnson Let. 21 May in Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica No. 2 (1782) 435 I..received great civilities from his communicative courtesy. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1770 I. 338 [W. Maxwell:] The most accessible and communicative man alive. b. Characterized by or associated with social intercourse. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > [adjective] > participating > requiring or involving participation joint1424 joined patent1552 communicative1617 participational1943 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 34 [Drunkenness] is communicatiue, and requires the emulation of companions. 1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 252 As Solitude is an Enemy to the Humane Nature which loves a Social Communicative Life, [etc.]. †6. Commonly or generally applicable. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > [adjective] > generally applicable general1394 communicative1641 irrestrictive1709 unrestrained1764 1641 J. Milton Animadversions 49 If the reason of this..name, Angel, be equally collective, and communicative to the whole preaching ministry..then must the name be collectively, and communicatively taken. 7. a. Ready to impart information, opinions, etc.; free in conversation, open, frank; talkative. Also with of. (Now the most common sense.) ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adjective] wordyeOE talewisec1200 i-worded?c1225 babblinga1250 cacklinga1250 chatteringa1250 speakfula1250 word-wooda1250 of many wordsc1350 janglingc1374 tatteringc1380 tongueya1382 ganglinga1398 readya1400 jargaunt1412 talkative1432 open-moutheda1470 clattering1477 trattling?a1513 windy1513 popping1528 smatteringa1529 rattle?1529 communicablea1533 blab1552 gaggling1553 long-tongued?1553 prittle-prattle1556 pattering1558 talking1560 bobling1566 gabbling1566 verbal1572 piet1573 twattling1573 flibber gibber1575 babblative1576 tickle-tongued1577 tattling1581 buzzing1587 long-winded1589 multiloquous1591 discoursive1599 rattling1600 glib1602 flippant1605 talkful1605 nimble-tongued1608 tongue-ripe1610 fliperous1611 garrulous?1611 futile1612 overspeaking1612 feather-tongueda1618 tongue-free1617 long-breatheda1628 well-breathed1635 multiloquious1640 untongue-tied1640 unretentive1650 communicative1651 linguacious1651 glibbed1654 largiloquent1656 multiloquent1656 parlagea1657 loose-clacked1661 nimble-chop1662 twit-twat1665 over-talkativea1667 loquacious1667 loudmouth1668 conversable1673 gash1681 narrative1681 chappy1693 apposite1701 conversative1703 gabbit1710 lubricous1715 gabby?1719 ventose1721 taleful1726 chatty?1741 blethering1759 renable1781 fetch-fire1784 conversational1799 conversant1803 gashing1808 long-lunged1815 talky1815 multi-loquacious1819 prolegomenous1822 talky-talky1831 nimble-mouthed1836 slipper1842 speechful1842 gassy1843 in great force1849 yattering1859 babbly1860 irreticent1864 chattable1867 lubrical1867 chattery1869 loose-mouthed1872 chinny1883 tongue-wagging1885 yappy1909 big-mouthed1914 loose-lipped1919 ear-bashing1945 ear-bending1946 yackety-yacking1953 nattering1959 yacking1959 woofy1960 1651 J. French Art Distillation To Rdr. sig. ¶3v Above all things apply thy selfe to an expert, faithful, and communicative Artist... I said..communicative, that he may be free in discovering himselfe and his Art to thee. 1662 S. Clarke Coll. Lives Ten Eminent Divines 57 He was, not only a lover of Labour, but Communicative of his Learning, and therefore he proved a diligent Tutor, and had many young Students committed to his care. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1655 (1955) III. 163 This Gent: was Master of innumerable Curiosities, & very communicative. a1715 Bp. G. Burnet Hist. Own Time (1724) I. 191 They were in a particular manner communicative to me. 1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy VI. xix. 80 Upon every..article of ancient dress, Rubenius was very communicative to my father;—gave him a full and satisfactory account of..The Paludamentum. 1780 R. B. Sheridan School for Scandal iii. iii. 40 I was always of a communicative disposition, and thought it a pity to keep so much knowledge to myself. 1847 H. Miller First Impressions Eng. v. 83 The lengthened anecdotes of the communicative Annette. 1877 Harper's Mag. Apr. 677/2 His manner was perfectly courteous and calm, but it was not a communicative manner. 1925 William & Mary Q. 5 222 You have that communicative disposition so typical of the Latin race. 1963 J. Stein tr. H. Gal Johannes Brahms 82 Billroth had the habit of writing long letters to Hanslick after performances of Brahms's works, giving his impressions in an enthusiastic and freely communicative manner. 2002 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 14 Feb. 50 (advt.) Attractive, very communicative financially secure Boston SWM... Visits NYC often. Seeks smart F for whatever happens. b. Effective as a means of communicating or conveying information, etc.; expressive or eloquent (of something). rare before late 19th cent. ΘΚΠ society > communication > [adjective] > communicating > suitable for communicable1589 communicative1664 1664 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) III. 147 It [sc. a publication] would certainly be most communicative and effectual in Latin. 1850 ‘Boston Professor’ Orpheus 25 It is by this alone, that music becomes a most powerfully communicative language. 1856 Talking & Debating 3 Our language is not merely expressive of our wants, it is communicative of ideas and impulses that stand far above all material things. 1885 R. L. Stevenson in Contemp. Rev. Apr. 561 Choosing apt, explicit, and communicative words. 1914 Burlington Mag. Sept. 360/2 A study founded on knowledge and thought, and communicative of its author's profound enthusiasm. 1941 B. Aly Rhet. Alexander Hamilton vii. 197 To discover ways in which the American genius has expressed itself in communicative language as well as in fantasy and image. 2005 A. Cunningham in Teaching & Learning Vocab. i. iii. 52 In writing there is far more time to search one's vocabulary (or thesaurus or dictionary) for the most appropriate, precise, and communicative words. 8. Of, relating to, or characterized by the communication of information, etc. ΘΚΠ society > communication > [adjective] intercommunicativea1641 communicative1670 communicatory1846 communicational1862 1670 Earl of Clarendon Counsel & Conversation in Tracts (1727) 137 The communicative Duty which we owe to our Brethren. 1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks II. iv. 81 A Creature..wholly destitute of a communicative or social Principle. 1863 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Bk. Gen. (ii. 18–20) 112 From the passive and receptive to the active and communicative stage. 1892 Mind 1 338 It is a question whether the rudest articulate fixing of concepts of actions would not assert the communicative utility of the syllables. 1922 Eng. Jrnl. 11 468 Upon this seething cauldron of communicative impulses, the school..clamps the lid of linguistic ritual. 1969 C. Davidson in A. Cockburn & R. Blackburn Student Power 349 We could all use some training in graphic and communicative arts. 2002 A. Feenberg Transforming Technol. (rev. ed.) iv. 106 People become information processors and decision makers, rather than participants in shared communicative activity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1398
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