descriptive

adjective

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Pronunciation: /dɪˈskɹɪptɪv/

Etymology: From Latin dēscriptīvus (“containing a full description”).

Of, relating to, or providing a description.
Of an adjective, stating an attribute of the associated noun (as heavy in the heavy dictionary).
Describing the structure, grammar, vocabulary and actual use of a language.
Describing and seeking to classify, as opposed to normative or prescriptive.
“He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record.”

Etymology: From Latin dēscriptīvus (“containing a full description”).