10 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
noun the case expressing ownership
adjective serving to express or indicate possession
adjective desirous of owning
originFrom Middle French possessif, from Latin possessivus (“of or pertaining to possession”), from possessiō (“possessing”), from possidēre (“to possess”). By surface analysis, possess + -ive.
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