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exhortatory

/ɛɡˈzɔːtətɪv/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ex-hor-ta-to-ry
IPA
/ɛɡˈzɔːtətɪv/
24
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Serving to exhort.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English, from Late Latin exhortātōrius. By surface analysis, exhort + -atory.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *gʰer-, -, exhortātōrius

Inflected Forms

more exhortatory (comparative) most exhortatory (superlative)

Synonyms

hortatory exhortative hortative

Homonyms

exhortative

Questions

How do you pronounce exhortatory?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɛɡˈzɔːtətɪv/.
What does exhortatory mean?
Serving to exhort.
Where does exhortatory come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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