obviative
/ˈɒbvɪətɪv/ /ˈɒbvɪeɪtɪv/Linguistics
noun
A grammatical marker or category in the Algonquian family of North American Indian languages for a third person other than the principal (or proximate) third person in a given context.
adjective
Of, relating to, or designating the obviative; belonging to the category of, or marked by, the obviative.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Transactions of the American Philological Association. From French obviatif from classical Latin obviāt-, past participial stem of obviāre + French -if.
- all-in-one
- all-instrumental
- all-in wrestling
- allision
- all is not lost
- Allison's tuna
- Allison tuna
- allis shad
- allite
- alliteral
- alliterate
- alliteration
- alliterational
- alliterative
- alliteratively
- alliterativeness
- Alliterative Revival
- alliterator
- allium
- all-just
- all kinds (or sorts) of
- allkins
- all-knowing
- all-knowingness
- all-league