salutatory
/səˈluː.təˌtɔːɹ.iː/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Characteristic of or relating to a salutation or greeting.
Example Sentences
- "a salutatory oration"
- "a salutatory editorial"
- "a salutatory address"
- "1659, David Dickson, An Exposition of All St. Pauls Epistles Together with an Explanation of Those Other Epistles of the Apostles St. James, Peter, John & Jude, London: Francis Eglesfield, “The First Epistle General of Peter,” Chapter 1, p. 287, In the benediction, or salutatory prayer, he wishes for encrease and multiplication of the effects of Divine favour towards them […]"
- "The first sloop comes lazily up on the flood tide, like the first butterfly of spring; the little steamer, our river omnibus, makes her first trip, and wakes the echoes with her salutatory whistle, her flags dancing in the sun."
- "[…] the Account Representative was choosing words neither dismissive nor inviting, neither terse nor intrusive; he was composing a carefully casual face, narrowing salutatory options toward a sort of landlocked “Halloo” that contained already an acknowledgement of distance and an easy willingness to preserve same."
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin salūs Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin salutō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -tōrius Latin salūtātōriusbor. English salutatory Borrowed from Latin salūtātōrius.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /səˈluː.təˌtɔːɹ.iː/
- British English: /səˈljuː.təˌtɜːɹ.iː/