forgetiveadj.

/ˈfɔːdʒɪtɪv/

Etymology: ? < forge v.¹ + -t- + -ive suffix.

A Shakespearean word, of uncertain formation and meaning. Commonly taken as a derivative of forge v.¹, and hence used by writers of the 19th cent. for: Apt at ‘forging’, inventive, creative.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > [adjective]

imaginativec1405

inventivec1450

feigning1483

creativea1513

inventative1541

inventious1591

conceitful1594

forgetive1600

productive1612

projecting1614

excogitous1646

plastic1662

ingeniary1664

formful1730

forgeful1751

inventful1797

original-minded1797

original1803

originative1811

vivid1814

fingent1837

constructive1841

right-brained1871

poietic1905

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. ii. 96 A good sherris sacke..makes it [sc. the braine] apprehensiue, quicke, forgetiue, full of nimble, fiery, and delectable shapes.

1800 E. Malone in J. Dryden Wks. I. 382 Corinna's forgetive imagination.

1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision II. xvii. 14 O quick and forgetive power! that sometimes dost So rob us of ourselves.

1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant I. iv. 127 Her temperament..strangely quick, sensitive, apprehensive, forgetive.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	forgetive
释义	forgetiveadj. /ˈfɔːdʒɪtɪv/ Etymology: ? < forge v.¹ + -t- + -ive suffix. A Shakespearean word, of uncertain formation and meaning. Commonly taken as a derivative of forge v.¹, and hence used by writers of the 19th cent. for: Apt at ‘forging’, inventive, creative. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > inventive or creative faculty > [adjective] imaginativec1405 inventivec1450 feigning1483 creativea1513 inventative1541 inventious1591 conceitful1594 forgetive1600 productive1612 projecting1614 excogitous1646 plastic1662 ingeniary1664 formful1730 forgeful1751 inventful1797 original-minded1797 original1803 originative1811 vivid1814 fingent1837 constructive1841 right-brained1871 poietic1905 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. ii. 96 A good sherris sacke..makes it [sc. the braine] apprehensiue, quicke, forgetiue, full of nimble, fiery, and delectable shapes. View more context for this quotation 1800 E. Malone in J. Dryden Wks. I. 382 Corinna's forgetive imagination. 1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision II. xvii. 14 O quick and forgetive power! that sometimes dost So rob us of ourselves. 1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant I. iv. 127 Her temperament..strangely quick, sensitive, apprehensive, forgetive. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1600
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