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corresponsive

adjective

Categories: Obscure Words

Latin root: correspondeō Wiktionary

adjective Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about corresponsive at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. jointly or mutually responsive: exchanging
  2. responsive to stimulus: responding, answering
  3. equivalent or similar in character: corresponding

Origin

Formed as: correspons- (perfect passive participial stem of the Medieval Latin correspondeō) + -ive; compare responsive.

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Related Words: interplayingco-responsiblecorespectivereciprocalmutualreciprocatoryreciprocatingcoefficientreflectivecorrelativecoadjutingreciprocative

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