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deletery

/dəˈliːtəɹi/

deletery noun: destroyer.

Noun

deletery (plural deleteries)

  1. (obsolete) destroyer.
    • They [the Scriptures] are […]the only deletery of heresies.1660, Jeremy Taylor, Ductor Dubitantium, or the Rule of Conscience in All Her General Measures; […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] James Flesher, for Richard Royston […], →OCLC

Adjective

deletery (comparative more deletery, superlative most deletery)

  1. (obsolete) Destructive, poisonous
    • .
    • Nor engine, nor device polemic, / Disease, nor doctor epidemic, / Tho' stored with deletery med'cines, / Which whosoever took is dead since, / E'er sent so vast a colony / To both the under worlds as he.1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, part 1, canto 2
    Synonyms:
    deleterious

Synonyms of deletery

Forms of deletery

Noun
pluraldeleteries
Adjective
comparativemore deletery
superlativemost deletery

Origin of deletery

From New Latin dēlētērius, from Ancient Greek δηλητήρῐος (dēlētḗrĭos). Doublet of deleterious.

Questions about deletery

What does deletery mean?
Deletery means destroyer.
What part of speech is deletery?
Deletery can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce deletery?
Deletery is pronounced /dəˈliːtəɹi/.
What is the plural of deletery?
The plural of deletery is deleteries.

Words near deletery in the dictionary

  1. deleteries
  2. deleterious
  3. deleteriously
  4. deleteriousness
  5. deleters
  6. deletery
  7. deletes
  8. delethalization
  9. delethalize
  10. delethalized
  11. delethalizes

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