vocative

Plural: vocatives

Noun

A grammatical case used for addressing someone or something.
the case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed
The vocative case
A word in the vocative case
A vocative expression
Something said to (or as though to) a particular person or thing; an entreaty, an invocation.

Adjective

relating to a case used in some languages
- "vocative verb endings"

Adj

Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling or vocation.
Used in address; appellative; said of the case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective by which a person or thing is addressed.

Examples

Using VOCATIVE in Words With Friends could address an opponent directly, ’Oh, you master of words!’

Origin / Etymology

From Late Middle English [Term?], borrowed from Middle French vocatif, from Latin vocātīvus (“for calling”); a calque of Ancient Greek κλητῐκή (klētĭkḗ, “for calling; vocative case”) – from vocāre (“to call”), from Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-, o-grade of *wekʷ- (“give vocal utterance, speak”). See Latin vōx.

Synonyms

vocative case

Scrabble Score: 16

vocative: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
vocative: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
vocative: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 19

vocative: valid Words With Friends Word