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Demonstrative
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
A demonstrative pronoun; as, "this" and "that" are demonstratives.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
1. Having the nature of demonstration; tending to demonstrate; making evident; exhibiting clearly or conclusively. "Demonstrative figures." Dryden. An argument necessary and demonstrative. Hooker.
2. Expressing, or apt to express, much; displaying feeling or sentiment; as, her nature was demonstrative.
3. Consisting of eulogy or of invective. "Demonstrative eloquence." Blair. Demonstrative pronoun (Gram.), a pronoun distinctly designating that to which it refers.