adjective
offensive
Antonyms: inoffensif
Inherited from Middle French offensif, from offendre + -if, by analogy with défensif and parallel to Medieval Latin offēnsīvus. By surface analysis, offenser + -if. First attested in 1417.
offensive
Antonyms: inoffensif
Inherited from Middle French offensif, from offendre + -if, by analogy with défensif and parallel to Medieval Latin offēnsīvus. By surface analysis, offenser + -if. First attested in 1417.