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Definition: Purgative |
PurgativeAdjective1. Strongly laxative. Noun1. A purging medicine; stimulates evacuation of the bowels. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "purgative" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1602. (references) |
Etymology: Purgative \Pur"ga*tive\, adjective. [Latin expression purgativus: compare to the French expression purgatif.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Botanical | A substance to relieve constipation. Aleurites, Allamanda, Aloe, Ananas, Andira, Annona, Argemone, Artemisia, Asclepias, Bocconia, Caesalpinia, Carapa, Cassia, Chlorophora, Clematis, Clitoria, Clusia, Costus, Crescentia, Davilla, Drepanocarpus, Eclipta, Eugenia, Euphorbia, Fevillea, Genipa, Hernandia, Hippomane, Ipomoea, Isotoma, Jatropha, Luffa, Melia, Mimosa, Mirabilis, Moringa, Ophioglossum, Pedilanthus, Phyllanthus, Plumbago, Psychotria, Ricinus, Rumex, Solanum, Spigelia, Tamarindus, Thevetia, Trichilia, Zamia. (references) |
Health | 1. cathartic (def. 1); causing evacuation of the bowels. 2. a cathartic, particularly one that stimulates peristaltic action. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: PurgativeSynonyms: evacuant (adj), aperient (n), cathartic (n), physic (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cleanness | Wash, lotion, detergent, cathartic, purgative; purifier; Verb: disinfectant; aperient; benzene, benzine benzol, benolin; bleaching powder, chloride of lime, dentifrice, deobstruent, laxative. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | I know of nothing more purgative of winter fumes and indigestions. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Purgative" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 60.00% of the time. "Purgative" is used about 15 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 60% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Noun (singular) | 40% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 15 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
purgative | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "purgative"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | purgativ (aperient, cathartic, depletive, depletory, purge, saline), pastrues (abstergent, care-taker, laxative, orderly, purgatorial, purgatory, purificatory, purifier, rectifier, refiner, scavenger, swabber, swamper), amel (depletive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ملين, مسهل (aperient, laxative, purge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | разслабителен (aperient, laxative, opening), очистително (cathartic, physic, salts), очистителен (cathartic, depletive, depletory, lustral, purgatorial), пургатив. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 净化 (Cathartic, Cathartically, Purified, Purify, Purifying). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | projímavý (aperient, laxative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | purgativa (strong laxative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | purgatief (aperients, laxatives, purgatives, purges). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پاکساز, پاک کننده (Detergent), مسهل (Cathartic, Physic, Purge), کارکن (Purge, Workable), تطهیری (Purgatory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | ulostava. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | purgatif (a et sm), purgatif (purgatorial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | purgativ, abführend (aperient, cathartic, evacuative, laxativ, laxative, laxatively). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | καθαρτικόσ (aperient, cathartical, laxative), καθαρτικό (aperient, cathartic, purge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ממרק (cleansing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hashajtó (aloes, aperient, aperitif, black draught, cathartic, laxative, physic, purgative medicine, purge). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | urus-urus (laxative), membersihkan (clean up, purification, rid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | purgativo (cathartic, laxative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 腹下し (diarrhea, evacuant, laxative, loose bowels). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | はらく し (diarrhea, evacuant, laxative, loose bowels). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | scooiragh (aperient, purging), purgaidagh (aperient, cathartic, laxative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | urgativepay purgativo (cathartic, depletive). (various references) purgativ (laxative). (various references) слабительный (aperient, depletive, depletory, laxative), очистительный (cathartic, purgatorial, purgatory, purificatory). (various references) purgativan (cathartic, laxative), sredstvo za čišćenje (abstergent, agent, cleanser). (various references) purgativo, purgante (cathartic, depletory, laxative, purge). (various references) laxermedel (cathartic, purge), laxerande (cathartic, evacuant). (various references) ที่ระบายท้อง, ยาถ่าย. (various references) temizleyici (cleaner, cleansing, detergent, detersive, purificatory, purifier, swabber), müshil (aperient, evacuant, laxative), ishal yapan, bağırsakları boşaltıcı. (various references) спокутний (expiatory, piacular, propitiatory, vicarious), очисний (abstergent, purificatory), проносне (aperient, cathartic, depletive, evacuant, laxative, physic, purge), проносний (aperient, cathartic, depletive, depletory, evacuant, laxative). (various references) thuốc xổ (purge), l m xổ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "purgative": purgatives. (additional references) | |
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"Purgative" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: perative, pergative, pluriactive, progative, Pugachova, Pungavie, puragative, purgatively, purogative. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "purgative" (pronounced 'Pur"ga*tive'): Abdicative, Abditive, Abirritative, Abjunctive, Abnegative, Abrogative, Absorptive, Abstractive, Accelerative, Accompletive, Accretive, Accumulative, Acervative, Acquisitive, Active, Adaptative, Additive, Adductive, Adjudicative, Administrative, Admirative, Admonitive, Adscriptive, Adumbrative, Affective, Affinitative, Affinitive, Afflictive, Afformative, Agglomerative, Agglutinative, Aggravative, Aggregative, Agitative, Alleviative, Alliterative, Altercative, Amalgamative, Amative, Ambulative, Ameliorative, Ampliative, Amplificative, Animative, Annihilative, Annotative, Annunciative, Anticipative, Aperitive, Appetitive. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-i-p-r-t-u-v" | |
-2 letters: private, virgate. | |
-3 letters: aigret, augite, gaiter, grivet, guitar, parget, pirate, privet, rivage, rugate, triage, upgirt, uprate, uptear, vaguer, virtue. | |
-4 letters: aiver, apter, argue, atrip, auger, aurei, avert, erupt, gaper, getup, giver, grape, grate, grave, great, gripe, gript, irate, pager, pareu, parge, parve, pater, paver, peart, pieta, prate, pruta, purge, retag, retia, rivet, rugae. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-i-p-r-t-u-v" | |
+1 letter: purgatives. | |
+3 letters: supergravity, vituperating. | |
+4 letters: prefigurative. | |
+5 letters: overpopulating, superelevating, supergravities, superovulating. | |
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