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purificatory

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
pu-rifi-ca-to-ry
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

That purifies; purificative

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pūrificātōrius.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: pūrificātōrius

Inflected Forms

more purificatory (comparative) most purificatory (superlative)

Questions

What does purificatory mean?
That purifies; purificative
Where does purificatory come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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