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Definition of missive noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

missive

noun
 
/ˈmɪsɪv/
 
/ˈmɪsɪv/
(formal or humorous)
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  1. a letter, especially a long or an official one
    Word Originlate Middle English (as an adjective, originally in the phrase letter missive): from medieval Latin missivus, from Latin mittere ‘send’. The current sense dates from the early 16th cent.
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