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vocative(dictionary)

vocative (iou)



vocative adjective & noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French vocatif or Latin vocativus, from vocat-: see VOCATION, -IVE.]
A. adjective.
Grammar. Designating, being in, or pertaining to the case of nouns, adjectives, or pronouns used to address or invoke people or things. LME.
Characteristic of or pertaining to calling or addressing. M17.
b. noun. Grammar. The vocative case; a word, form, etc., in the vocative case. LME.
vocatively adverb M17.