First Known Use: 15th century
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1monitory
adjective mon·i·to·ry \ˈmä-nə-ˌtȯr-ē\
Definition of MONITORY
: giving admonition : warning
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Origin of MONITORY
Middle English, from Latin monitorius, from monēre
Related to MONITORY
- Synonyms
- admonishing, admonitory, cautioning, exemplary, cautionary, premonitory, warning
Rhymes with MONITORY
a priori, allegory, amatory, auditory, bedtime story, cacciatore, castratory, category, con amore, cover story, crematory, damnatory, decretory, dilatory, dormitory, excretory, expletory, feudatory, fumitory, Göteborg, gustatory, gyratory, horror story, hortatory, hunky-dory, inventory, laudatory, lavatory, mandatory, migratory, minatory, Montessori, morning glory, nugatory, offertory, oratory, overstory, piscatory, precatory, predatory, prefatory, probatory, promissory, promontory, purgatory, repertory, Ruwenzori, signatory, statutory, sudatory, territory, transitory, understory, vibratory, vomitory, yakitori
2monitory
noun
plural monitories
Definition of MONITORY
: a letter giving admonition or warning
First Known Use of MONITORY
15th century
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