glorificatory
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "We would also suggest the propriety of having a chapter treating, philosophically, of the “art of non-committalism,” giving specimens of its varieties, from the productions of his [Martin Van Buren’s] Magnus Apollo [DeWitt Clinton], each specimen being illustrated by an approriate act of his public life. This, well spiced with “terms glorificatory,” and concluding with a dissertation on “the best mode of humbugging,” rendered more plain by an account of the proceedings of a certain convention, would, we think, form such a dish as will not nauseate the stomachs of those who swallowed the [William] Cobbett biography [The Life of Andrew Jackson, President of the United States], or who do not choke in gulping down the paragraphs which flow daily from the veracious pen of the editor of the [Washington] Globe [Francis Preston Blair]."
- "Robby Benson is director as well as star of Crack in the Mirror (Cannon Oxford St, etc, 18), a cautionary (i.e. glorificatory) tale of cocaine dealing and use."
- "It was also the occasion for [Benjamin] Britten's *Gloriana*, which caused considerable murmuring and was a flop at the premiere because the opening night audience didn't include anyone interested in opera, and because the portrait of EIR [Elizabeth I] isn't exactly glorificatory."
Etymology
Possibly from Latin glōrificātus + -ory, after glorification.
Word Breakdown
- Suffix: la:glōrificātus
Usage
Inflected Forms
more glorificatory (comparative)
most glorificatory (superlative)