execrative

English

Etymology

From execrate +‎ -ive.

Noun

execrative (plural execratives)

1. A word used for cursing; an oath.
   • 1871, John Earle, The Philology of the English Tongue:

     king cyning, lording, shilling, sweeting Sh, and the Saxon execrative nithing

Adjective

execrative (comparative more execrative, superlative most execrative)

1. Cursing; imprecatory; vilifying.

Derived terms

• execratively

Further reading

• “execrative”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.