deletory
English
Etymology
See delete.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dəˈliːtəɹi/
- Homophone: deletery
Noun
deletory (plural deletories)
- (obsolete) That which blots out.
- 1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery
- confession […] was mostly certainly intended as a deletory of sin
- 1664-1667, Jeremy Taylor, Dissuasive from Popery
References
- “deletory”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “deletory”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.