Definition of "egressive" in English

adjective

1. Going or directed outward.

2. (phonetics, of a speech sound) Uttered by pushing air out through the mouth or nose.

3. (geology) descriptive of a place or channel through which something such as water or lava leaves an area.

   • This ancient wash was an egressive channel that once drained a lake.

noun

1. (phonetics) A speech sound in which the air stream is created by pushing air out through the mouth or nose.