See Also: regulative(medicine)
regulative(dictionary)

unicorn (oh) and regulative (iou)


unicorn (oh)



[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: unicorne, from Late Latin unicornis, from Latin uni- + cornu 'horn']
an imaginary animal like a white horse with a long straight horn growing on its head

regulative (iou)



regulative adjective. L16.
[formed as REGULATION + -ATIVE.]
Chiefly Philosophy. Tending to regulate a thing or person. L16.
Biology. Of, pertaining to, or of the Nature of regulation; displaying or characterized by regulation. E20.
regulatively adverb M19.