admissive

adjective

ad·​mis·​sive əd-ˈmi-siv  ad- 

: characterized by or allowing admission

an Elizabethan tragedy admissive of comic scenes

—Rene Wellek & Austin Warren

Word History

Etymology

admiss- (as in admissible, admission) + -ive entry 1

First Known Use

1650, in the meaning defined above

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Rhymes for admissive

• derisive
• dismissive
• emissive
• permissive
• submissive
• transmissive
• missive