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culpatory

culpatory adjective: expressing blame; censuring.

Adjective

culpatory (comparative more culpatory, superlative most culpatory)

  1. (obsolete) Expressing blame; censuring.
    • adjectives […] commonly used by Latin authors in a culpatory sense1762, Horace Walpole, Anecdotes of Painting in England
    • eloquent culpatory diatribes1801, W. Taylor, Monthly Magazine

Forms of culpatory

comparativemore culpatory
superlativemost culpatory

Questions about culpatory

What does culpatory mean?
Culpatory means expressing blame; censuring.
What part of speech is culpatory?
Culpatory is an adjective.

Words near culpatory in the dictionary

  1. culpable homicides
  2. culpable negligence
  3. culpableness
  4. culpably
  5. culpae
  6. culpatory
  7. culpe
  8. culpeo
  9. culpeos
  10. Culpeper
  11. Culpeper County

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