/nung"kyeuh pay'tiv, nung kyooh"peuh tiv/ , adj.
(esp. of a will) oral; not written.
[ 1540-50; testamentum ) nuncupativum oral (will), neut. of LL nuncupativus so-called, nominal, equiv. to L nuncupat ( us ) ptp. of nuncupare to state formally, utter the name of (prob. nomicupare, deriv. of * nomiceps one taking a name, equiv. to * nomi- comb. form of nomen NAME + -ceps taking, possessing; see PRINCE) + -ivus -IVE ]