missive
noun/ˈmɪsɪv/
/ˈmɪsɪv/
(formal or humorous)- a letter, especially a long or an official oneWord 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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