elucidatory

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adjective

Serving to elucidate.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

adjectiveelucidatory (comparative more elucidatory, superlative most elucidatory)

comparative more elucidatory · superlative most elucidatory

  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’).

    2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Position vectors, homologous chromosomes and gamma rays: Promoting disciplinary literacy through Secondary Phrase Lists”, in English for Specific Purposes, →DOI, page 7

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elucidatory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elucidatory

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“elucidatory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elucidatory. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “elucidatory,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/elucidatory.

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