suspective

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English suspect
Proto-Indo-European *-wós
Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder.
Latin -īvus
Old French -ifbor.
Middle English -yf
English -ive
English suspective

    From suspect + -ive.

    Adjective

    suspective (comparative more suspective, superlative most suspective)

    1. Arousing or based on suspicion.
    2. (linguistics, Korean language) Being or relating to a specific Korean verb form usually formed with the suffix -지 (-ji, “-ji”), and typically used to deny or qualify something said by another.

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