RECESSIVE


Meaning of RECESSIVE in English

adj.1 tending to recede.

2 Phonet. (of an accent) falling near the beginning of a word.

3 Genetics (of an inherited characteristic) appearing in offspring only when not masked by a dominant characteristic inherited from one parent.

Derivatives:

recessively adv. recessiveness n.

Etymology: RECESS after excessive

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.