architectiveadj.
/ˈɑːkɪtɛktɪv/ Pertaining to architecture; fitted for or characterized by construction.
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architectonical1608
architective1611
tectonic1656
architectonic1678
edificial1794
structural1801
constructive1817
constructional1870
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > [adjective]
architectonical1608
architective1611
architectonic1645
oecodomical1678
architectural1762
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Architectonique, architective.
1713 W. Derham Physico-theol. iv. xiii. 237 How could the Bodies of many of them..be furnished with architective Materials?
1883 Truman in Chicago Advance 15 Mar. Agitation is architective as well as destructive.
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