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English
Etymology
Latin dictatorius.
Adjective
dictatory (comparative more dictatory, superlative most dictatory)
- dogmatical; overbearing; dictatorial
1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 8:ut rather, as I hope, for that our Engliſh, the language of men ever famous, and formoſt in the atchievements of liberty, will not eaſily finde ſervile letters anow to ſpell ſuch a dictatorie preſumption Engliſh.
Noun
dictatory (plural dictatories)
- (nonstandard) Synonym of dictate
- (nonstandard) Synonym of dictatorship