salivatory

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adjective

Associated with or accompanied by salivation

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Meanings

adjectivesalivatory (comparative more salivatory, superlative most salivatory)

comparative more salivatory · superlative most salivatory

  1. Associated with or accompanied by salivation

    Sleep-overs took on the kind of salivatory anticipation that most children reserve for Halloween .

    2009 January 4, Joshua Yaffa, “Forbidden Nonfruit”, in New York Times

Origin

From saliva + -atory.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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