Link Centre Dictionary

missive

mis·sive

US/ˈmɪsɪv/ uncommon formal obsolete

noun

1.

a written message addressed to a person or organization

  • “mailed an indignant letter to the editor”
Synonyms

Origin

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin missīvus, from mittō (“to send”).

Phrases

  • letter missive
  • mission for terms etymologically related to send

Related words

Broader terms

Narrower terms

Parts

Part of

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.