Dictatory

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of dictate. nonstandard, obsolete
  2. 2
    Synonym of dictatorship. nonstandard, obsolete

    "For quotations using this term, see Citations:dictatories."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Exessively strict.

    "[B]ut rather, as I hope, for that our Engliſh, the language of men ever famous, and formoſt in the atchievements of liberty, will not eaſily finde ſervile letters anow to ſpell ſuch a dictatorie preſumption Engliſh."

Synonyms

All synonyms
dictatedictatorialdictatorshipdogmaticaloverbearing

Example

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"This decision is dictatory and irrevocable."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Classical Latin dictātōrius. By surface analysis, dictate + -ory.

Etymology 2

From Middle French dictatorie, from Classical Latin dictātor + Middle French -ie. By surface analysis, dictate + -ory.

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