appointive

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English appoint Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English appointive From appoint + -ive.

1. Of, pertaining to, or filled by appointment.

   “The constitution adopted at Oakmulgee provides for […] the machinery of government in which the governor and legislature are elective by the people. The judges are appointive by the governor […]”

   “It will be kind of nice, a year before your time, to be standing in the way of any appointive plums that may happen to fall; […]”