EQUATIVE

PRONUNCIATION: (EK-wuh-tiv)

MEANING: adjective: Expressing identity or a degree of comparison.
noun: A case in some languages indicating equivalence or similarity between two things.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin aequare (to make equal). Earliest documented use: 1913.
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PEQUATIVE - like a whaling ship

EQUOTIVE - taking someone's words out of context

EQUUTIVE - horsey

EQUALIVE - falsely sweet; saccharine (as it were)