Derivative (adj)
de-riv-a-tiv
Imitative of the work of another artist, writer, etc., and usually disapproved of for that reason.
Late Middle English (in the adjective sense ‘having the power to draw off’, and in the noun sense ‘a word derived from another’): from French dérivatif, -ive, from Latin derivativus, from derivare (see derive).
Example sentences
“The problem is her work is so derivative you don’t know what talent she has.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
