Definitions
resulting from or employing derivation
Word origin
From Middle French dérivatif, from Latin dērīvātus, perfect passive participle of dērīvō (“to derive”). Related to derive; by surface analysis, derive + -ative.
Used in a sentence
“a derivative conveyance”
“a derivative word”
“People started talking about the pandemic as if it were itself a television show; as the second wave hit last fall, they griped about the derivative writing on Covid Season 2.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Copycat work”10 letters
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