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disambulatory

disambulatory noun: an extension of the ambulatory that allows one to walk along the sides of a cathedral.

Noun

disambulatory (plural disambulatories)

  1. An extension of the ambulatory that allows one to walk along the sides of a cathedral.
    • Another bomb came through the disambulatory roof and vaulting and made a direct hit on one of the four stone pillars carrying the tower crossing and the iron spire1961, Stanley Richard Baron, The Road to Barcelona, and the Costa Brava

Adjective

disambulatory (comparative more disambulatory, superlative most disambulatory)

  1. Unable to walk with ease.
    • It affected its victims like an airborne LSD — and certainly left them “disambulatory.”1989, Richard Engling, Body Mortgage, page 26
    • I wasn't even close to her, being knocked out and disambulatory.2018, Les Edgerton, Monday's Meal

Forms of disambulatory

Noun
pluraldisambulatories
Adjective
comparativemore disambulatory
superlativemost disambulatory

Questions about disambulatory

What does disambulatory mean?
Disambulatory means an extension of the ambulatory that allows one to walk along the sides of a cathedral.
What part of speech is disambulatory?
Disambulatory can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of disambulatory?
The plural of disambulatory is disambulatories.

Words near disambulatory in the dictionary

  1. disambiguator
  2. disambiguators
  3. disambiguatory
  4. disambiguity
  5. disambulatories
  6. disambulatory
  7. disamenities
  8. disamenity
  9. Disamis
  10. disanalogies
  11. disanalogous

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