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restrictive
English
Etymology
From Middle French restrictif.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???st??kt?v/
- Rhymes: -?kt?v
Adjective
restrictive (comparative more restrictive, superlative most restrictive)
- Confining, limiting, containing within defined bounds.
- (Of clothing) limiting free and easy bodily movement.
Translations
French
Adjective
restrictive
- feminine singular of restrictif
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snobbish
English
Etymology
snob +? -ish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sn?b??/
Adjective
snobbish (comparative more snobbish, superlative most snobbish)
- Having the property of being a snob; arrogant and pretentious; smugly superior or dismissive of perceived inferiors.
- c.1948, George Orwell, Such, Such Were the Joys
- St Cyprian's was an expensive and snobbish school which was in process of becoming more snobbish, and, I imagine, more expensive.
- c.1948, George Orwell, Such, Such Were the Joys
Synonyms
- cliquish
Translations
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