Speculative : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Speculative	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Speculative
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
speculative adj not financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises" Synonym(s): bad, risky, high-risk, speculative not based on fact or investigation; "a notional figure of cost helps in determining production costs"; "speculative knowledge" Synonym(s): notional, speculative showing curiosity; "if someone saw a man climbing a light post they might get inquisitive"; "raised a speculative eyebrow" Synonym(s): inquisitive, speculative, questioning, wondering(a)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Speculative \Spec"ulative\, a. [Cf. F. sp[82]culatif, L. speculativus.] 1. Given to speculation; contemplative. The mind of man being by nature speculative. --Hooker. 2. Involving, or formed by, speculation; ideal; theoretical; not established by demonstration. --Cudworth. 3. Of or pertaining to vision; also, prying; inquisitive; curious. [R.] --Bacon. 4. Of or pertaining to speculation in land, goods, shares, etc.; as, a speculative dealer or enterprise.