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instigatory

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
in-sti-ga-to-ry
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Tending to instigate or provoke.

Etymology

From instigate + -ory.

Inflected Forms

more instigatory (comparative) most instigatory (superlative)

Questions

What does instigatory mean?
Tending to instigate or provoke.
Where does instigatory come from?
From instigate + -ory.

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