Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SPEC'U-LA-TIVE
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SPEC'U-LA-TIVE, a. [Fr. speculatif; It. speculativo.]
- Given to speculation; contemplative; applied to persons. The mind of man being by nature speculative. – Hooker.
- Formed by speculation; theoretical; ideal; not verified by fact, experiment or practice; as, a scheme merely speculative.
- Pertaining to view; also, prying. – Bacon.
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