SPECULATIVE


Meaning of SPECULATIVE in English

adj.1 of, based on, engaged in, or inclined to speculation.

2 (of a business investment) involving the risk of loss (a speculative builder).

Derivatives:

speculatively adv. speculativeness n.

Etymology: ME f. OF speculatif -ive or LL speculativus (as SPECULATE)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.