Associations to the word «Gerundive»

Wiktionary

GERUNDIVE, noun. (in Latin grammar) a verbal adjective that describes obligation or necessity, equivalent in form to the future passive participle.
GERUNDIVE, noun. (less commonly) (in English grammar) a verbal adjective ending in -ing

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky