accusatory
/əˈkju.zəˌtɔɹ.i/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.35 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation.
Example Sentences
- "This conclusion will certainly be strengthened by reading the accusatory speech composed by Deinarchus […]"
- "Had she heard the same Bob Dylan singing “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll,” his accusatory song about the fatal caning of a 51-year-old black barmaid by a young white patrician, “The Help” might have ventured outside its harsh yet still comfortable, reader-friendly world."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Italic *kaussā Old Latin caussa Latin causa Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin accūsō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin accūsātor Latin -ius Latin accūsātōriusder. Middle French accusatoriebor. ▲ Latin accūsātōriusbor. Middle English accusatorie English accusatory From Middle English accusatorie, from Middle French accusatorie and its etymon Latin accūsātōrius. By surface analysis, accuse + -atory.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: accusatorie, accūsātōrius
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈkju.zəˌtɔɹ.i/
Inflected Forms
more accusatory (comparative)
most accusatory (superlative)