Transcription
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [puh-loot]
- /pəˈlut/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [puh-loot]
- /pəˈlut/
Definitions of pollutive word
- verb with object pollutive to make foul or unclean, especially with harmful chemical or waste products; dirty: to pollute the air with smoke. 1
- verb with object pollutive to make morally unclean; defile. 1
- verb with object pollutive to render ceremonially impure; desecrate: to pollute a house of worship. 1
- verb with object pollutive Informal. to render less effective or efficient: The use of inferior equipment has polluted the company's service. 1
- adjective pollutive causing pollution 0
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Origin of pollutive
First appearance:
before 1325 One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; Middle English polute < Latin pollūtus past participle of polluere to soil, defile, equivalent to pol-, assimilated variant of por- (see pollicitation; here marking the action as complete) + -lū- base of -luere (akin to lutum mud, dirt, lustrum muddy place) + -tus past participle suffix
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Parts of speech for Pollutive
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pollutive popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
pollutive usage trend in Literature
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