offensif
“offensif” is a French word. Its meaning in English:
adjective
In French
- Qui concerne l’attaque, par opposition à la défense.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French offensif, from offendre + -if, by analogy with défensif and parallel to Medieval Latin offēnsīvus. By surface analysis, offenser + -if. First attested in 1417.
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