distinctive

UK /dɪˈstɪŋktɪv/ US /dɪˈstɪŋktɪv/
adj 5noun 3

Definitions

adj

1

Distinguishing, used to or enabling the distinguishing of some thing.

a product in distinctive packaging

Our Apparell was giuen vs as a signe distinctiue to discern betwixt sex and sex.

2

Discriminating, discerning, having the ability to distinguish between things.

[…]more judicious and distinctive heads...

3

Characteristic, typical.

his distinctive bass voice

Wordsworth's distinctive work was a war with pomp and pretence, and a display of the majesty of simple feelings and humble hearts.

4

Distinguished, being distinct in character or position.

The refugees... at length ceased to exist as a distinctive body among the people.

5

Used to separate clauses in place of stops.

These are the main distinctive accents, and by stopping at them... the reader will do justice to the sense.

noun

1

A distinctive thing: a quality or property permitting distinguishing; a characteristic.

...the red umbrella, the distinctive of royalty here...

2

A distinctive accent.

A distinctive of less power than Zakeph is Ṭiphḥâ.

3

A distinctive belief, tenet, or dogma of a denomination or sect.

Mennonites could go forth somewhat detached from the chauvinism of Western culture—but not so from the Mennonite distinctives.

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