Missive

English

Etymology

15th Century; from Medieval Latin missivus, from mittere (“‘to send’”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /ˈmɪsɪv/

Noun

Singular Missive

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1. Template:Formal A written message; a letter, note or memo.
   • 2008, Claire Armistead, The Guardian, 25 Oct 2008:

     The Madonna letters, which are interspersed with more personal missives in this curious epistolary memoir, accumulate into a rap about the downsides of celebrity - the problems of ageing, of invaded privacy, of becoming vain and impetuously adopting children from other continents.

   • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick, Chapter 71:

     "Curses throttle thee!" yelled Ahab. "Captain Mayhew, stand by now to receive it"; and taking the fatal missive from Starbuck's hands, he caught it in the slit of the pole, and reached it over towards the boat.

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Italian

Noun

missive f.

1. Plural form of missiva.

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