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INFLECTIVE LANGUAGE

Definition: INFLECTIVE LANGUAGE

INFLECTIVE LANGUAGE

1. (Philol.), a language like the Greek or Latin, consisting largely of stems with variable terminations or suffixes which were once independent words. English is both agglutinative, as, manlike, headache, and inflective, as, he, his, him. Cf.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Non-Fiction Usage: INFLECTIVE LANGUAGE

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Latvia

It is an inflective language with several analytical forms, three dialects, and German syntactical influence. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Anagrams: INFLECTIVE LANGUAGE

Scrabble® YAWL-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-e-e-f-g-g-i-i-l-l-n-n-t-u-v"

-5 letters: unevangelical, unvacillating.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: INFLECTIVE LANGUAGE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 4E 46 4C 45 43 54 49 56 45      4C 41 4E 47 55 41 47 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01001110 01000110 01001100 01000101 01000011 01010100 01001001 01010110 01000101 00100000 01001100 01000001 01001110 01000111 01010101 01000001 01000111 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#78 &#70 &#76 &#69 &#67 &#84 &#73 &#86 &#69 &#32 &#76 &#65 &#78 &#71 &#85 &#65 &#71 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 004E 0046 004C 0045 0043 0054 0049 0056 0045      004C 0041 004E 0047 0055 0041 0047 0045

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4348404639375443563924635484155354139

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Quotations: Non-fiction
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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