ululatory

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adjective

Being or relating to a ululation.

OriginLatin ululō →
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Meanings

adjectiveululatory (comparative more ululatory, superlative most ululatory)

comparative more ululatory · superlative most ululatory

  1. Being or relating to a ululation.

    In a critical climate that venerates slick, hyperproduced Top 40 pop, why is she [Celine Dion] immune to praise? Is her ululatory arm-flinging really so unforgivable?

    2007 December 13, Sam Anderson, “Taster’s Choice”, in New York Magazine, archived from the original on 02 Dec 2017

Origin

  1. Latinululō“to howl, shriek, yell”
  2. Englishululatory

From ululation + -ory, from Latin ululō (“to howl, shriek, yell”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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