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diversory

diversory noun: a wayside inn.

Noun

diversory (plural diversories)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A wayside inn.
    • For slaughtering one , through many regions stray'd
      In my stall, as his diversory, stay'd.1614–1615, Homer, “The Fourteenth Book of Homer’s Odysseys”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published...

Adjective

diversory (comparative more diversory, superlative most diversory)

  1. Tending to divert; causing diversion.

Forms of diversory

Noun
pluraldiversories
Adjective
comparativemore diversory
superlativemost diversory

Origin of diversory

From Latin diversorium, deversorium (“an inn or lodging”).

Questions about diversory

What does diversory mean?
Diversory means a wayside inn.
What part of speech is diversory?
Diversory can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of diversory?
The plural of diversory is diversories.

Words near diversory in the dictionary

  1. diversity jurisdiction
  2. diversity statement
  3. diversivolent
  4. diversly
  5. diversories
  6. diversory
  7. divert
  8. divertability
  9. divertable
  10. diverted
  11. divertee

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