assertive

Borrowed from Medieval Latin assertīvus. Synchronically analyzable as assert +‎ -ive.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈsɝtɪv/

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assertive (comparative more assertive, superlative most assertive)

1. Boldly self-assured; confident without being aggressive.
   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page iii:

     Hence the ubiquity of Priapus himself as a sculptural representative of the generative principle, populated the Roman gardens, assertive in ithyphallic pose.

• assertative

• sevirates

• IPA^(key): /a.sɛʁ.tiv/
• Homophone: assertives

assertive

1. feminine singular of assertif

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assertive

1. inflection of assertiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

assertive f pl

1. feminine plural of assertivo

• asservite, astersive, resisteva, tesseravi