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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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 Smedley, W. T. (William Thomas)
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 Lever, Charles James
Before Miss Arkwright's cutting dissyllables and Miss Wetherby's damnatory mien she was crushed.
From The Gay Adventure A Romance by Bird, Richard
He continued to hold the damnatory evidence within a foot of Monsieur Pettipon's staring incredulous eyes.
From The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales by Connell, Richard
We remember two criticisms of the same work in the same week: one laudatory, especially of the facility and accuracy of its classical translations; the other damnatory for its cumbrous and unscholarlike versions.
From Donahoe's Magazine, Volume XV, No. 3 Volume XV (Jan 1886-Jul 1886) by Various
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