vetitive

English

Alternative forms

• vetative

Etymology

Pseudo-Latinism, derived from **vetitīvus (“prohibitive”), an unattested adjective formed from Classical Latin vetitus (“prohibited”, perfect passive participle of vetō (“to prohibit”)) + -īvus (relational adjective suffix), by analogy with English vetative, from Ecclesiastical Latin vetātīvus (“prohibitive”), from vetātus (“prohibited”), an alternative form of vetitus derived by treating vetō as a regular first conjugation verb, rather than irregular as it was during the Classical period. By surface analysis, veto +‎ -ive.

Adjective

vetitive (not comparable)

1. (grammar) Expressing a wish that something will not happen, as in "May we never experience such hardship".

Noun

vetitive (plural vetitives)

1. (grammar) An element of language expressing a wish that something will not happen.