imploratory
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English
Etymology
From Latin implōrātus + English -atory (suffix forming adjectives of, relating to, or connected with ).[1] Implōrātus is the perfect passive participle of implōrō (“to beseech, entreat, implore; to appeal to, pray to”): see further at implore.
Adjective
imploratory (comparative more imploratory, superlative most imploratory)
- (rare) Entreating, supplicatory.
- 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The Diamond Necklace:
- On the 21st of March goes off that long exculpatory imploratory Letter: it is the first Letter that went off from Cardinal to Queen[.]
References
- ^ Compare “imploratory, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, March 2023.
- “imploratory”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.