EXPURGATORY

Definition: EXPURGATORY

1. Serving to purify from anything noxious or erroneous; cleansing; purifying.

Date "EXPURGATORY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1878. (references)

Etymology: Expurgatory \Ex*pur"ga*to*ry\, adjective. [Compare to the French expression expurgatoire.]. (references)

Expression: EXPURGATORY

Anagrams: EXPURGATORY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-g-o-p-r-r-t-u-x-y"
	-1 letter: expurgator.
	-2 letters: purgatory.
	-4 letters: apteryx, garrote, grapery, grayout, grouper, grouter, gyrator, outpray, outrage, parroty, partyer, portage, portray, praetor, prorate, rapture, regroup, roguery, trouper.
	-5 letters: aerugo, agouty, arguer, artery, eutaxy, export, garote, garret, garter, grapey, grater, grayer, groper, grouty, gyrate, orgeat, outage, parget, parrot, parure, payout, peroxy, poetry, porter, potage, pourer, pouter, prater, prayer, pretax.
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