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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary dis·junc·tive
DATE 15th century 1. a. relating to, being, or forming a logical disjunction b. expressing an alternative or opposition between the meanings of the words connected the disjunctive conjunction or c. expressed by mutually exclusive alternatives joined by or disjunctive pleading 2. marked by breaks or disunity a disjunctive narrative sequence 3. of a pronoun form : stressed and not attached to the verb as an enclitic or proclitic • dis·junc·tive·ly adverb
noun DATE 1530 : a disjunctive conjunction Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged Search result show the entry is found in: disjunctive legacy , or hypothetico-disjunctive disjunctive I. dis·junctive \də̇sˈjəŋ(k)tiv\ noun (-s) Etymology: Late Latin & Latin disjunctivus, adjective 1. : a disjunctive conjunction 2. in Hebrew orthography : a disjunctive accent 3. : disjunction 2; broadly : a situation involving alternate choicesII. dis·junc·tive \dəsˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷, (ˈ)dis| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷\ adjective Etymology: Latin disjunctivus, from disjunctus + -ivus -ive 1. a. : tending to disjoin : involving disjunction : separative b. of a vowel : epenthesized in a cluster of consonants to facilitate pronunciation < the parasitic vowel \ə\ in the pronunciation \ˈathəˌlēt\ of athlete is disjunctive > 2. [Late Latin disjunctivus, from Latin] a. of a conjunction : expressing an alternative, contrast, or opposition between the meanings of the words or word groups that it connects < the disjunctive conjunctions or in “peas or beans”, either … or in “either milk or cream”, but in “small but important”, and though in “they went on playing ball though it was raining” > — contrasted with copulative b. : pleading or marked by mutually exclusive alternatives joined by “or” < the disjunctive statement the defendant knew or ought to have known > < disjunctive pleading > 3. of a pronoun form : stressed and not attached to the verb as an enclitic or proclitic (as French moi, lui, toi, soi) — contrasted with conjunctive 4. in Hebrew orthography : indicating that the word marked is separated to a greater or less degree rhythmically and grammatically from the word which follows it — used of an accent; opposed to conjunctive • dis·junc·tive·ly \-tə̇vlē\ adverb |
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