Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

compulsatory

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: com-pul-sato-ry
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Enforced by or resulting from compulsion; employing force or constraint; compulsory.

Example Sentences

"But to recover of us, by strong hand / And terms compulsatory, those foresaid lands / So by his father lost: ..."
"Shall I patiently await the return of the guard destined to seize Father Brazilio, destined to conduct him a prisoner to Rome, and likewise destined to obtain the packet once written by Father Luitfrido, and deposited by him in the hands of the Abbot of St. Romuald, and which the absolution of a compulsatory vow no longer rendered sacred?"

Etymology

Latin compulsāt- (perfect passive participial stem of the Latin compulsō) + English -ory

Inflected Forms

more compulsatory (comparative) most compulsatory (superlative)

Derived Forms

compulsatorily

Questions

What does compulsatory mean?: Enforced by or resulting from compulsion; employing force or constraint; compulsory.
Where does compulsatory come from?: Latin compulsāt- (perfect passive participial stem of the Latin compulsō) + English -ory

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