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damnatory

adj

Etymology

From Latin damnatorius, corresponding to damn + -atory.

  1. derived from damnāre
  2. derived from damner
  3. inherited from dampnen
  4. suffixed as damnatory — “damn + atory”

Definitions

  1. Containing a sentence of condemnation.

    • I had cut my knuckles against the pale young gentleman's teeth, and I twisted my imagination into a thousand tangles, as I devised incredible ways of accounting for that damnatory circumstance when I should be haled before the Judges.

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