adaptative
adjective
adapt·a·tive
ə-ˈdap-tə-tiv,
a-
: adaptive
Word History
Etymology
adapt + -ative (as in imitative)
First Known Use
circa 1815, in the meaning defined above
- mother hen
- Mother Hubbard
- Mother Hubbards
- mother liquid
- mother liquor
- mother lode
- mother lodes
- mother mark
- Mother Nature
- mother of coal
- mother of vinegar
- mother plane
- mother right
- mother ship
- Mother Superior
- mother superior
- mother tongue
- mother tongues
- mother tree
- mother water
- mother wit
- mother's boy
- Mother's Day
- mother's mark
- mother's-heart