nuncupative

nun·cu·pa·tive

adj
\ˈnən-kyu̇-ˌpā-tiv, ˈnəŋ-; ˌnən-ˈkyü-pə-\

Definition of NUNCUPATIVE

: not written : oral <a nuncupative will>

Examples of NUNCUPATIVE

1. <the soldier left a nuncupative will that was witnessed by two of his comrades>

Origin of NUNCUPATIVE

Medieval Latin nuncupativus, from Late Latin, so-called, from Latin nuncupatus, past participle of nuncupare to name, probably ultimately from nomen name + capere to take — more at name, heave

First Known Use: 1546

Related to NUNCUPATIVE

Synonyms: verbal, oral, spoken, unwritten, viva voce, word-of-mouth

Antonyms: paper, written

Related Words: consensual, implicit, informal; articulated, verbalized; given, pronounced, said, sounded, stated, told, voiced

Near Antonyms: explicit, formal

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Rhymes with NUNCUPATIVE

aggregative, agitative, applicative, carminative, circulative, cogitative, combinative, commutative, connotative, consecrative, consultative, contemplative, copulative, corporative, denotative, dissipative, duplicative, educative, facultative, federative, generative, germinative, gravitative, imitative, implicative, innovative, instigative, integrative, irritative, iterative, legislative, limitative, meditative, meliorative, motivative, nominative, operative, palliative, penetrative, procreative, propagative, qualitative, quantitative, recreative, regulative, replicative, separative, terminative, vegetative