Hypertext Webster Gateway: "demonstrative"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Demonstrative \De*mon"stra*tive\, a. [F. d['e]monstratif, L.
demonstrativus.]
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Demonstrative \De*mon"stra*tive\, n. (Gram.)
A demonstrative pronoun; as, ``this'' and ``that'' are
demonstratives.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
demonstrative
adj 1: given to or marked by the open expression of emotion; "an
affectionate and demonstrative family" [ant: {undemonstrative}]
2: serving to demonstrate [syn: {illustrative}]
n : a pronoun that points out an intended referent [syn: {demonstrative
pronoun}]
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