exceptive adjective & noun. [ɪk'sɛptɪv] L16.
[Late Latin exceptivus, formed as EXCEPT verb: see -IVE.]
A. adjective.
1. Grammar & Logic. Introducing or making an exception; (of a proposition) having a subject that specifies an exception. L16.

2. Of people, their utterances, etc.: disposed or tending to take exception; captious. E17.
b. noun. Grammar & Logic. An exceptive proposition or word. L16.

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