reverberatory

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adjective

Of, pertaining to, or employing reverberation or deflection.

OriginNew Latin reverberatorius →
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Meanings

adjectivereverberatory (comparative more reverberatory, superlative most reverberatory)

comparative more reverberatory · superlative most reverberatory · alternative reverbatory

  1. Of, pertaining to, or employing reverberation or deflection.
nounreverberatory (plural reverberatories)

plural reverberatories · alternative reverbatory

  1. A reverberatory furnace.

Origin

  1. New Latinreverberatorius
  2. Englishreverberatory

Borrowed from New Latin reverberatorius; by surface analysis, reverberate + -ory.

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APA

reverberatory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reverberatory

MLA

“reverberatory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reverberatory. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reverberatory,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reverberatory.

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