Clamatory

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Crying out, calling out; claiming, demanding. not-comparable, rare

    "Some persons say that it [the "clivia"] was a clamatory, others, again, that it was a prohibitory, bird. We also find a bird mentioned by Nigidius as the “subis," which breaks the eggs of the eagle."

Example

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"Some persons say that it [the "clivia"] was a clamatory, others, again, that it was a prohibitory, bird. We also find a bird mentioned by Nigidius as the “subis," which breaks the eggs of the eagle."

Etymology

Probably from the stem of Latin clamatus + -ory; equivalent to claim + -atory. Compare exclamatory, declamatory, reclamatory.

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