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dictatory

dictatory adjective: exessively strict.

Adjective

dictatory (comparative more dictatory, superlative most dictatory)

  1. Exessively strict.
    • [B]ut rather, as I hope, for that our Engliſh, the language of men ever famous, and formoſt in the atchievements of liberty, will not eaſily finde ſervile letters anow to ſpell ſuch a dictatorie preſumption Engliſh.1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 8
    • There is philosophercraft as well as priestcraft, both from one source, both of one spirit. In English cities and towns, the minister of religion has been tamed: so many weapons are bared against him when he obtrudes his office in a dictatory manner, that, as a rule, there is no more quiet and...1863, Augustus De Morgan, A Budget of Paradoxes

Noun

dictatory (plural dictatories)

  1. (nonstandard, obsolete) Synonym of dictate.
    Synonyms:
    dictate
  2. (nonstandard, obsolete) Synonym of dictatorship.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:dictatories.
    Synonyms:
    dictatorship

dictatory meaning in Bengali

dictatory in Bengali

অত্যধিক কঠোর, আদেশপ্রবণ, একতরফা নির্দেশমূলক

Synonyms of dictatory

All synonyms of dictatory

Forms of dictatory

Adjective
comparativemore dictatory
superlativemost dictatory
alternative form (archaic)dictatorie
Noun
pluraldictatories

Origin of dictatory

From Classical Latin dictātōrius. By surface analysis, dictate + -ory.

From Middle French dictatorie, from Classical Latin dictātor + Middle French -ie. By surface analysis, dictate + -ory.

Questions about dictatory

What does dictatory mean?
Dictatory means exessively strict.
What is dictatory in Bengali?
Dictatory in Bengali is অত্যধিক কঠোর, আদেশপ্রবণ, একতরফা নির্দেশমূলক. See Dictatory meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is dictatory?
Dictatory can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near dictatory in the dictionary

  1. dictatorship of the proletariat
  2. dictatorships
  3. dictatorships of democracy
  4. dictatorships of the majority
  5. dictatorships of the proletariat
  6. dictatory
  7. dictatour
  8. dictatours
  9. dictatourship
  10. dictatourships
  11. dictatress

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