Quotative Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ive

Definition, synonyms and related words

Definitions

Noun

A grammatical device to mark quoted speech, such as be like in "he was like, 'who are you?'".

Adjective

Serving to mark quoted speech.

See Also

complementizer grammatical quoted nonquotative device quotativeness quotatively be like

Related Terms

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Rhyming Words

vive zive give yive jive wive tive rive five bive dive live hive skive blive shive alive snive chive swive

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