Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

predictory

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-dic-to-ry
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Serving to predict; predictive.

Example Sentences

"his font name then given him, as predictory of those victories he afterwards got"

Etymology

From predict + -ory.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: predict

Inflected Forms

more predictory (comparative) most predictory (superlative)

Questions

What does predictory mean?: Serving to predict; predictive.
Where does predictory come from?: From predict + -ory.

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