Associations to the word «Suppletive»

Wiktionary

SUPPLETIVE, adjective. (grammar) Inflected by substituting an unrelated form (for example, in English, the adjectival forms good, better, best).
SUPPLETIVE, adjective. Supplying deficiencies; supplementary; suppletory.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.