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Definitions
Creative and full of original ideas.
Word origin
From Middle English ymagynatif, from Middle French imaginatif, from Medieval Latin imāginātīvus. By surface analysis, imagine + -ative.
Used in a sentence
“an imaginative boy”
“No doubt kibitzers are highly imaginative. How else could they see wins and brilliant combinations that do not exist?”
“an imaginative story”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Full of ideas”11 letters
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