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exprobratory

exprobratory adjective: expressing, or relating to, exprobration.

Adjective

exprobratory (comparative more exprobratory, superlative most exprobratory)

  1. Expressing, or relating to, exprobration.

Forms of exprobratory

comparativemore exprobratory
superlativemost exprobratory

Origin of exprobratory

From Latin exprōbrātus (“reproached”) + -ory, past participle of exprōbrō (“to reproach, upbraid or reprove”), from ex- + probrum (“disgrace, shame”) (whence ex-).

Questions about exprobratory

What does exprobratory mean?
Exprobratory means expressing, or relating to, exprobration.
What part of speech is exprobratory?
Exprobratory is an adjective.

Words near exprobratory in the dictionary

  1. exprobrates
  2. exprobrating
  3. exprobration
  4. exprobrations
  5. exprobrative
  6. exprobratory
  7. expromission
  8. expromissor
  9. expromissors
  10. expropriable
  11. expropriate

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