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exprobratory

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ex-pro-bra-to-ry
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Expressing, or relating to, exprobration.

Etymology

From Latin exprōbrātus (“reproached”) + -ory, past participle of exprōbrō (“to reproach, upbraid or reprove”), from ex- + probrum (“disgrace, shame”) (whence ex-).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more exprobratory (comparative) most exprobratory (superlative)

Questions

What does exprobratory mean?
Expressing, or relating to, exprobration.
Where does exprobratory come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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