suggestiveadj.

Brit.

/səˈdʒɛstɪv/, U.S.

/sə(ɡ)ˈdʒɛstɪv/

Etymology: < Latin *suggestīvus, < suggest- : see suggest v. and -ive suffix. Compare Italian soggestivo, Portuguese suggestivo; French suggestif is from English.

†1. Law. Resting upon a ‘suggestion’ or information: see suggestion n. 4. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [adjective] > of or relating to information > resting upon

suggestive16..

16.. in W. Prynne Exact Abridgem. Rec. Tower of London (1657) 15 That no pardon be granted to any outlawed by any suggestive means, but only by Parliament. [See Rolls of Parlt. II. 376/1.]

a. Calculated or fitted to suggest thoughts, ideas, a course of action, etc.; conveying a suggestion or hint; implying something that is not directly expressed.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > [adjective]

suggestive1631

proponenta1677

suggesting1828

society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > [adjective]

glancing1596

allusive1607

indicative1624

suggestive1631

insinuative1649

suspicious1663

hinting1820

subindicative1822

subtextual1950

1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 501 A Nunne..by sundrie suggestiue reuelations gaue out, that..he should not raigne.

a1831 R. Whately Rhetoric in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) I. 284/1 The Suggestive kind of writing we are speaking of.

1856 N. Brit. Rev. 26 208 Some thoughtful and suggestive chapters by M. de Remusat.

1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. II. 35 It is a living language, pregnant and suggestive.

1884 Christian Commonw. 21 Feb. 448/2 It is a suggestive fact that the first thing the Apostle Peter commands us to add to our faith, is courage.

b. Const. of that which is suggested.

ΚΠ

1850 T. T. Lynch Memorials Theophilus Trinal vii. 134 Beautiful things are suggestive of a higher and purer life.

1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 413 Rough grass, acres of beans and barley, and ploughed fields do not delight the eye, they are not naturally suggestive of anything beyond themselves.

1880 A. Geikie Elem. Lessons Physical Geogr. (new ed.) iv. 165 An observant eye cannot fail to notice much that is suggestive of inquiry.

c. Of a thinker or writer.

ΚΠ

1846 C. Dickens Let. 5 Oct. (1977) IV. 629 I shall have the greatest satisfaction..in putting you in communication with two or three gentlemen who I am sure will be most valuable, willing, and suggestive advisers.

1857 S. Smiles Life G. Stephenson (1859) 49 He was a good talker..and a very suggestive thinker.

1875 E. White Life in Christ (1878) iii. xxii. 324 The critical basis on which this suggestive author builds his hope of the ‘Destiny of the Race’.

d. euphemistic. Apt to suggest something indecent.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [adjective]

unhonest13..

inhonest1340

undecent1563

broad1579

nasty1601

indecent1613

paw1668

paw-paw1723

improper1739

unproper1797

fie-fie1812

warm1814

blue1818

indecorous1829

off-colour1875

sultry1887

suggestive1888

scorching1890

juicy1923

gamey1945

1888 [implied in: M. S. van de Velde Random Recoll. Courts & Society x. 252 Some foreigners..wondered at the excessive licence she permitted herself on the English stage, and the marked suggestiveness of her looks and gestures. (at suggestiveness n.)].

1889 A. C. Gunter That Frenchman! xi. 128 Her incomparable drolleries and naughtinesses, in some suggestive opera bouffe, some musical debauch.

1895 C. D. Warner Golden House iii. 24 Her judges were cosmopolitans who had seen the most suggestive dancing in all parts of the world.

1924 R. Macaulay Orphan Island xiv. 182 There were complaints, too, of fashions in dress, which, on the part of the younger females, were becoming immodest and suggestive.

1925 T. Dreiser Amer. Trag. I. xviii. 132 They..lay there laughing and yet in a most suggestive position.

1978 L. Meynell Papersnake iii. 51 Mabel, archpriestess of the art of suggestive repartee.

3. Of a method, plan, etc.: That suggests itself.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > manifestation > manifestness > [adjective]

sutelc897

openeOE

ebera975

graithc1325

broadc1374

plainc1375

clearc1380

grossc1380

manifest1385

notoire1409

patent1508

sensible?1531

discovered1537

plain as a pikestaff (also packstaff, pad-staff)1542

palpable1545

demonstrative1552

plain as the nose on (in) one's face1560

illustrate1562

appearing1566

notorious1581

obvious1583

unshadowed1593

transparent1597

liquid1610

visible1614

pellucid1644

illustrious1654

apertive1661

conspectable1727

suggestive1806

1806 P. Colquhoun (title) Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis, containing a Detail of the various Crimes and Misdemeanours, and Suggestive Remedies.

1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters vii. 190 No plan was so suggestive as that of quenching his sight.

4. Pertaining to hypnotic suggestion.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [adjective] > relating to mesmerism > suggestion

suggestionist1896

suggestive1903

1903 F. W. H. Myers Human Personality I. 154 The suggestive or hypnotic induction of supernormal powers.

Derivatives

suˈggestively adv. in a suggestive manner; in the way of suggestion; so as to suggest something.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > [adverb]

suggestively1859

society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > [adverb]

by indirection1603

involvedly1624

allusively1656

suggestingly1840

hintedly1846

suggestively1859

hintingly1892

1859 J. Ruskin Two Paths v. §141 The subject is..too wide to be more than suggestively treated.

1884 Harper's Mag. Oct. 744/2 ‘If there was any one that hed money to spare,’ one added, suggestively.

1891 S. Mostyn Curatica 20 My old schoolmaster..with his right arm suggestively withdrawn behind his back, as though he were hiding some deadly weapon of offence.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	suggestive
释义	suggestiveadj. Brit. /səˈdʒɛstɪv/, U.S. /sə(ɡ)ˈdʒɛstɪv/ Etymology: < Latin suggestīvus, < suggest-* : see suggest v. and -ive suffix. Compare Italian soggestivo, Portuguese suggestivo; French suggestif is from English. †1. Law. Resting upon a ‘suggestion’ or information: see suggestion n. 4. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > general proceedings > accusation, allegation, or indictment > [adjective] > of or relating to information > resting upon suggestive16.. 16.. in W. Prynne Exact Abridgem. Rec. Tower of London (1657) 15 That no pardon be granted to any outlawed by any suggestive means, but only by Parliament. [See Rolls of Parlt. II. 376/1.] 2. a. Calculated or fitted to suggest thoughts, ideas, a course of action, etc.; conveying a suggestion or hint; implying something that is not directly expressed. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > [adjective] suggestive1631 proponenta1677 suggesting1828 society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > [adjective] glancing1596 allusive1607 indicative1624 suggestive1631 insinuative1649 suspicious1663 hinting1820 subindicative1822 subtextual1950 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 501 A Nunne..by sundrie suggestiue reuelations gaue out, that..he should not raigne. a1831 R. Whately Rhetoric in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) I. 284/1 The Suggestive kind of writing we are speaking of. 1856 N. Brit. Rev. 26 208 Some thoughtful and suggestive chapters by M. de Remusat. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. II. 35 It is a living language, pregnant and suggestive. 1884 Christian Commonw. 21 Feb. 448/2 It is a suggestive fact that the first thing the Apostle Peter commands us to add to our faith, is courage. b. Const. of that which is suggested. ΚΠ 1850 T. T. Lynch Memorials Theophilus Trinal vii. 134 Beautiful things are suggestive of a higher and purer life. 1878 R. B. Smith Carthage 413 Rough grass, acres of beans and barley, and ploughed fields do not delight the eye, they are not naturally suggestive of anything beyond themselves. 1880 A. Geikie Elem. Lessons Physical Geogr. (new ed.) iv. 165 An observant eye cannot fail to notice much that is suggestive of inquiry. c. Of a thinker or writer. ΚΠ 1846 C. Dickens Let. 5 Oct. (1977) IV. 629 I shall have the greatest satisfaction..in putting you in communication with two or three gentlemen who I am sure will be most valuable, willing, and suggestive advisers. 1857 S. Smiles Life G. Stephenson (1859) 49 He was a good talker..and a very suggestive thinker. 1875 E. White Life in Christ (1878) iii. xxii. 324 The critical basis on which this suggestive author builds his hope of the ‘Destiny of the Race’. d. euphemistic. Apt to suggest something indecent. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [adjective] unhonest13.. inhonest1340 undecent1563 broad1579 nasty1601 indecent1613 paw1668 paw-paw1723 improper1739 unproper1797 fie-fie1812 warm1814 blue1818 indecorous1829 off-colour1875 sultry1887 suggestive1888 scorching1890 juicy1923 gamey1945 1888 [implied in: M. S. van de Velde Random Recoll. Courts & Society x. 252 Some foreigners..wondered at the excessive licence she permitted herself on the English stage, and the marked suggestiveness of her looks and gestures. (at suggestiveness n.)]. 1889 A. C. Gunter That Frenchman! xi. 128 Her incomparable drolleries and naughtinesses, in some suggestive opera bouffe, some musical debauch. 1895 C. D. Warner Golden House iii. 24 Her judges were cosmopolitans who had seen the most suggestive dancing in all parts of the world. 1924 R. Macaulay Orphan Island xiv. 182 There were complaints, too, of fashions in dress, which, on the part of the younger females, were becoming immodest and suggestive. 1925 T. Dreiser Amer. Trag. I. xviii. 132 They..lay there laughing and yet in a most suggestive position. 1978 L. Meynell Papersnake iii. 51 Mabel, archpriestess of the art of suggestive repartee. 3. Of a method, plan, etc.: That suggests itself. ΘΚΠ society > communication > manifestation > manifestness > [adjective] sutelc897 openeOE ebera975 graithc1325 broadc1374 plainc1375 clearc1380 grossc1380 manifest1385 notoire1409 patent1508 sensible?1531 discovered1537 plain as a pikestaff (also packstaff, pad-staff)1542 palpable1545 demonstrative1552 plain as the nose on (in) one's face1560 illustrate1562 appearing1566 notorious1581 obvious1583 unshadowed1593 transparent1597 liquid1610 visible1614 pellucid1644 illustrious1654 apertive1661 conspectable1727 suggestive1806 1806 P. Colquhoun (title) Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis, containing a Detail of the various Crimes and Misdemeanours, and Suggestive Remedies. 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters vii. 190 No plan was so suggestive as that of quenching his sight. 4. Pertaining to hypnotic suggestion. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > the paranormal > [adjective] > relating to mesmerism > suggestion suggestionist1896 suggestive1903 1903 F. W. H. Myers Human Personality I. 154 The suggestive or hypnotic induction of supernormal powers. Derivatives suˈggestively adv. in a suggestive manner; in the way of suggestion; so as to suggest something. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > [adverb] suggestively1859 society > communication > information > hint or covert suggestion > [adverb] by indirection1603 involvedly1624 allusively1656 suggestingly1840 hintedly1846 suggestively1859 hintingly1892 1859 J. Ruskin Two Paths v. §141 The subject is..too wide to be more than suggestively treated. 1884 Harper's Mag. Oct. 744/2 ‘If there was any one that hed money to spare,’ one added, suggestively. 1891 S. Mostyn Curatica 20 My old schoolmaster..with his right arm suggestively withdrawn behind his back, as though he were hiding some deadly weapon of offence. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.16..
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