compulsive
English
/kəmˈpʌlsɪv/
adj
Definitions
- Uncontrolled or reactive and irresistible.
- Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.
Etymology
Borrowed from French compulsif derived from Latin compulsus.
Origin
Latin
compulsus
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anticompulsive English
- compulsively English
- compulsiveness English
- compulsivity English
- noncompulsive English
- compulsare, compulso Latin
- compulsio, compulsionem Latin
- compulsiō, compulsio, compulsiōnem Latin
- compulsorius Latin
- compulsus Latin
- compulsivo Italian
- compulsif French
- trouble obsessionnel compulsif French
- compulsivo Spanish, Castilian