evitative

English

Etymology

From Latin evitare (“to avoid”), from e (“out”) + vitare (“to shun”).

Adjective

evitative (not comparable)

  1. (grammar) Expressing the notion that something is avoided or feared (as in some Australian Aboriginal languages).

Synonyms

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