defiatory

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UK/dɪˈfaɪ(j)ətɹi/US/dəˈfaɪətɔɹi/

adjective

Bidding or manifesting defiance.

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Meanings

adjectivedefiatory (comparative more defiatory, superlative most defiatory)

comparative more defiatory · superlative most defiatory

  1. obsoleteBidding or manifesting defiance.

    The first, of speaking great things and blasphemies, is verified in the letters defiatorie of Achmeth to Sigismund the third, king of Poland, in the yeare 1612.

    (Can we date this quote?), Robert Shelford, Five pious and learned discourses

Origin

See defy.

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APA

defiatory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defiatory

MLA

“defiatory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defiatory. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “defiatory,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/defiatory.

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