- emotive (adj.)
[emotive 词源字典]
- 1735, "causing movement," from Latin emot-, past participle stem of emovere "to move out, move away" (see emotion) + -ive. Meaning "capable of emotion" is from 1881; that of "evoking emotions" is from 1923, originally in literary criticism. Related: Emotively; emotiveness.[emotive etymology, emotive origin, 英语词源]