damnatory
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of damnatory
1675–85; < Latin damnātōrius, equivalent to damnā ( re ) ( see damn) + -tōrius -tory 1
Example Sentences
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Glancing round she caught sight of the damnatory root lying on the window-sill, and before he could stop her, had grasped it, and was putting it into her mouth.
From The Yellow Rose by M?r J?kai
And with this damnatory estimate of the light-hearted, easy-natured Adderley Twining, Grog banged the door and departed.
From Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Charles James Lever
Hans was both annoyed and surprised as time passed on and the "cakes succulent but damnatory" were not forthcoming from Gottlieb's oven.
From A Romance Of Tompkins Square 1891 by W. T. (William Thomas) Smedley
As if to feed his mind with hope, he would recapitulate to himself all the weighty and damnatory details which environed Cashel, and which, by their singular consistency and coherence, seemed irrefutable.
From Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) by Charles James Lever
Facts which seemed small in themselves became large and black, and charged with damnatory significance in the lawyer's hands.
From A Life Sentence A Novel by Adeline Sergeant
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