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creative (adj.)
[creative 词源字典]
1670s, "having the quality of creating," from
create
+
-ive
. Of literature, "imaginative," from 1816, first attested in Wordsworth.
Creative writing
is attested from 1907. Related:
Creatively
.
[creative etymology, creative origin, 英语词源]