Elucidatory
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Serving to elucidate.
"Numerous compound nouns of category (b) are perfectly valid lexemes, but are not considered dictionary material since their definition (e.g., ‘a door of a cupboard’) is no more elucidatory than the original compound itself (‘cupboard door’)."
Example
More examples"Numerous compound nouns of category (b) are perfectly valid lexemes, but are not considered dictionary material since their definition (e.g., ‘a door of a cupboard’) is no more elucidatory than the original compound itself (‘cupboard door’)."
Etymology
From elucidate + -ory.
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