speculatory

spec·u·la·to·ry
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UK/ˈspɛkjʊlət(ə)rɪ/

adjective

Intended or adapted for viewing or looking out.

“speculatory mount”

OriginLatin speculātōrius →
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Meanings

adjectivespeculatory (comparative more speculatory, superlative most speculatory)

comparative more speculatory · superlative most speculatory

  1. archaicIntended or adapted for viewing or looking out.

    speculatory mount

    1 more example

    speculatory out-posts to the Akeman-street

    1815, Thomas Warton, The History and Antiquities of Kiddington
  2. Exercising speculation or guesswork; speculative.

    speculatory divination

    2 more examples

    speculatory narrantive

    My privileges are an ubiquitary, circumambulatory, speculatory, interrogatory, redargutory and immunity over all the privy lodgings

    1633, Thomas Carew, Coelum Britanicum
  3. businessspeculative (involving risk)

    speculatory buying

    1 more example

    speculatory transactions

Origin

  1. Latinspeculātōrius“of or pertaining to spies or scouts”
  2. Englishspeculatory

From Latin speculātōrius (“of or pertaining to spies or scouts”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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