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detersive

adjective de·ter·sive \di-ˈtər-siv, -ziv\

Definition of DETERSIVE

:  detergent
— detersive noun
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Origin of DETERSIVE

Middle French detersif, from Latin detersus, past participle of detergēre to deterge
First Known Use: 1586

Rhymes with DETERSIVE

aversive, coercive, discursive, dispersive, excursive, inversive, perversive, recursive, subversive

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