exessive

== English == === Etymology === From ex- (“out of”) +‎ essive. According to linguist Tiit-Rein Viitso, the case was originally called the excessive (derived from Latin excessus (“departure”)), which would make the spelling exessive a case of folk etymology. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪkˈsɛsɪv/ Rhymes: -ɛsɪv Homophone: excessive === Adjective === exessive (not comparable) (grammar) Of, or relating to the grammatical case that in some languages indicates the transition away from a state. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === exessive (plural exessives) (grammar) The exessive case, or a word in that case. ==== Translations ==== === References ===