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auctorial

[ awk-tawr-ee-uhl, -tohr-, ouk- ]
/ ɔkˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr-, ˈaʊk- /

adjective

of, by, or pertaining to an author: auctorial changes made in the manuscript margin; auctorial rights.

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Origin of auctorial

1815–25; <Latin auctorauthor + -ial

Words nearby auctorial

auction block, auction bridge, auctioneer, auction pinochle, auction pitch, auctorial, aucuba, AUD, audacious, audacity, Aude
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Example sentences from the Web for auctorial

  • The auctorial report (which, by the way, is full of common sense) envisages immense changes in the book market.

    Books and Persons|Arnold Bennett

  • Last of all, auctorial pride in the young mans width of shoulder, blended with soft recollections of the time he dandled him.

    Cradock Nowell, Vol. 3 (of 3)|Richard Doddridge Blackmore

British Dictionary definitions for auctorial

auctorial
/ (ɔːkˈtɔːrɪəl) /

adjective

of or relating to an author

Word Origin for auctorial

C19: from Latin auctor author
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