Demonstrative
Pronunciation : De*mon"stra*tive
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [F. d?monstratif, L. demonstrativus.]
Definition : 1. Having the nature of demonstration; tending to demonstrate; making evident; exhibiting clearly or conclusively. "Demonstrative figures." Dryden. An argument necessary and demonstrative. Hooker.
2. Expressing, or apt to express, much; displaying feeling or sentiment; as, her nature was demonstrative.
3. Consisting of eulogy or of invective. "Demonstrative eloquence." Blair. Demonstrative pronoun (Gram.), a pronoun distinctly designating that to which it refers.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : De*mon"stra*tive
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A demonstrative pronoun; as, "this" and "that" are demonstratives.
(Gram.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913