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ululatory

ululatory adjective: being or relating to a ululation.

Adjective

ululatory (comparative more ululatory, superlative most ululatory)

  1. Being or relating to a ululation.
    • In a critical climate that venerates slick, hyperproduced Top 40 pop, why is she [Celine Dion] immune to praise? Is her ululatory arm-flinging really so unforgivable?2007 December 13, Sam Anderson, “Taster’s Choice”, in New York Magazine, archived from the original on 02 Dec 2017

Forms of ululatory

comparativemore ululatory
superlativemost ululatory

Origin of ululatory

From ululation + -ory, from Latin ululō (“to howl, shriek, yell”).

Questions about ululatory

What does ululatory mean?
Ululatory means being or relating to a ululation.
What part of speech is ululatory?
Ululatory is an adjective.

Words near ululatory in the dictionary

  1. ululatingly
  2. ululatings
  3. ululation
  4. ululations
  5. ululative
  6. ululatory
  7. ululoo
  8. ululoos
  9. ululu
  10. Ulunchun
  11. Ulundurpet

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