monitory

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adjective

Giving admonition and warning.

Similar
admonitorycautionaryexemplarywarningdissuasive
OriginLatin monitorius →
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Meanings

adjective
  1. Giving admonition and warning.

    Some Lightnings are monitory, some are menacing

    c. 1700, Roger L'Estrange, Seneca's Morals
nounmonitory (plural monitories)

plural monitories

  1. A written letter giving admonition.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveserving to warn

Similar
admonitorycautionaryexemplarywarningdissuasive
Also see
admonitorycautionaryexemplarywarning

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinmonitorius
  2. Englishmonitory

From Latin monitorius.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

moronity
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APA

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MLA

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

Chicago

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

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