execratory

[ ek-si-kruh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, -krey-tuh-ree ]

adjective

1. pertaining to execration.
2. having the nature of or containing an execration.

Word History and Origins

Origin of execratory¹

First recorded in 1605–15; execrate + -ory ¹

Example Sentences

The oaths which were and are most usual in these Indians are execratory.

From Project Gutenberg

From these facts it appears, that the execratory oath is without a motive or object in modern masonic lodges.

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The tenor exhausted his execratory vocabulary in French and English.

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