Clamatory
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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
More examples"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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