11 letters · 17 points in Scrabble
adjective of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing; - Curtis Wilkie
adjective capable of being classified
originFrom Latin distinctus, perfect passive participle of distinguere (“to push apart, to divide”), + -ive (forming adjectives signifying relation or tendency to). Cognate with French distinctif and Medieval Latin distinctivus.
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