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IMPRECATORY

Definition: IMPRECATORY

IMPRECATORY

Adjective

1. Of the nature of, or containing, imprecation; invoking evil; as, the imprecatory psalms.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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Crosswords: IMPRECATORY

English words defined with "IMPRECATORY": Execrative, Execratory. (references)

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: IMPRECATORY

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

imprecatory psalm

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: IMPRECATORY

Language Translations for "IMPRECATORY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

mallkues (darning). (various references)

   

Czech

  

proklínající. (various references)

   

German

  

verwünschend (cursing, execrating). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

átkozódó (cusser). (various references)

   

Italian

  

imprecatorio. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

imprecatoryay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

praga (calamity, curse, Deuce, murrain, nuisances, oath, pester, plague, Prague, prairie, scourge, swear word). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

проклинающий (male-, maledictory). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

proklinjući. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

imprecatorio. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

förbannande. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

lanet olası (blasted, blinking, blithering, bloody, blooming, cursed, damn, damn it, damnable, damned, darned, ruddy), lanet (bleeding, curse, cuss, damn, damnation, execration, imprecation, malediction, malison, murrain, peevish, reprobation, swearword). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

що проклина" (maledictory). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

nguyền rủa (imprecatingly, maledictive, maledictory), chửi rủa (imprecatingly, maledictive, maledictory, vituperative). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: IMPRECATORY

Misspellings

"IMPRECATORY" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: embrocatory. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "IMPRECATORY"

Words rhyming with "IMPRECATORY" (pronounced 'Im"pre*ca*to*ry'): Abbreviatory, Abditory, Abjuratory, Ablutionary, Absolutory, Absolvatory, Acceleratory, Acclamatory, Accusatory, Accustomary, Acetary, Acetimetry, Acidimetry, Acoumetry, Actino-chemistry, Actinometry, Actuary, Additionary, Additory, Adhortatory, Adiaphory, Adjuratory, Adjutory, Admaxillary, Adminiculary, Admissory, Admonitory, Adry, Adstrictory, Adulatory, Advisory, Advocatory, Aerometry, Affirmatory, Alary, Alchemistry, Alcoholometry, Alcoometry, Aldermanry, Aleatory, Aleberry, Alimentary, Alkalimetry, Allegory, Alleviatory, Allodiary, Allusory, Almonry, Almry, Altimetry, Alveary, Alveolary, Amatory, Ambagitory, Ambry, Amburry, Amendatory, Amphigory, Amplificatory, Anabaptistry, Ancestry, Ancientry, Ancillary, Anemometry, Angelolatry, Angry, Annihilatory, Annotatory, Annuary, Annularry, Annulary, Annunciatory, Anthropolatry, Anthropometry, Anticipatory, Antidotary, Antimasonry, Antiphonary, Anury, Apiary, Apomecometry, Apothecary, Appellatory, Applicatory, Apprecatory, Appreciatory, Approbatory, Aratory, Arbitrary, Arborary, Archdeaconry, Areometry, Argentry, Armamentary, Armillary, Armory, Arrectary, Artistry, Aspiratory, Assentatory, Assertory, Asseveratory, Assimilatory, Astrictory, Astrolatry, Astrometry, Astrophotometry, Asymmetry, Atmiatry, Atrabiliary, Attry, Auctary, Auctionary, Augury, Aumbry, Aumery, Auncetry, Auscultatory, Autolatry, Auxiliatory, Aviary, Avowry, Avowtry, Aweary, Awry, Axillary, Babblery, Baboonery, Bachelry, Baculometry, Balladry, Ballatry, Balloonry, Balneary, Balneatory, Baneberry, Baptisteries, Baptistery, Baptistry, Barbary, Barberry, Barometry, Barratry, Barry, Basketry, Bathymetry, Bawdry, Beadlery, Bearberry, Bedelry, Belfry, Benedictionary, Benedictory, Bestiary, Bibitory, Bibliolatry, Bibliothecary, Bicentenary, Bigotry, Bijoutry, Bilberry, Biliary, Biochemistry, Biometry, Bistoury, Blackberry, Blaeberry, Blazonry, Bleaberry, Blindstory, Blomary, Bloomary, Blueberry, Blurry, Bob-cherry, Bogberry, Boilary, Bombastry, Bonitary, Bottomry, BOUNDARY, Boxberry, Breviary, Brothelry, Bummery, Bunchberry, Burglary, Bursary, Cachinnatory, Caducary, Calcinatory, Calculatory, Calendary, Calorimetry, Calumniatory, Calvary, Cambistry, Camelry, Cannonry, Canonry, Cantatory, Caperberry, Captainry, Caravansary, Cardioinhibitory, Cardiometry, Carnary, Carpellary, Carpentry, Cartulary, Cassioberry, Cassowary, Castlery, Casuistry, Category, Cautionary, Cautionry, Cavalry, Cavitary, Cedry, Cementatory, Cenatory, Centaury, Centry, Century, Cephalometry, Cessionary, Chandry, Chantry, Chapelry, Charlatanry, Charry, Chartulary, Cheerry, Chiccory, Chicory, Chivalry, Chlorimetry, Chlorometry, Chokeberry, Chokecherry, Choltry, Chorometry, Choultry, Chowry, Chrismatory, Chronometry, Chylificatory, Ciliary, Cinerary, Circulary, Circumgyratory, Circumlocutory, Citatory, Classificatory, Clerstory, Clinometry, Cloudberry, Coagulatory, Cochleary, Codicillary, Collegatary, Collusory, Collutory, Colorimetry, Columbary, Cometary, Comicry, Commandatory, Commandry, Commemoratory, Commendatary, Commentary, Comminatory, Commissary, Commonitory, Communicatory, Compellatory, Compensatory, Competitory, Complexionary, Complimentary, Compulsatory, Compulsory, Comradery, Concessionary, Concessory, Conchometry, Conchyliometry, Conciliatory, Concionatory, Conclusory, Concretionary, Condemnatory, Conditory, Condolatory, Conductory, Confabulatory, Confectory, Confessary, Confirmatory, Confiscatory, Congiary, Congratulatory, Conjury, Consecratory, Consignatary, Consignatory, Constabulatory, Consuetudinary, Consulary, Consultary, Consultatory, Contrarry, Contributary, Controversary, Conventionary, Coparcenary, Coplatry, Coquetry, Corollary, Correctory, Corrivalry, Corroboratory, Corrobory, Cosmolatry, Cosmometry, Costmary, Cottonary, Cotyledonary, Counterfleury, Counterflory, Cousinry, Coventry, Cowberry, Cowries, Cowry, Coxcombry, Cranberry, Craniometry, Criminatory, Crinatory, Crinitory, Crociary, Crowberry, Crystallometry, Cubatory, Cuckoldry, Culinary, Culpatory, Cursorary, Cursory, Cussuetudinary, Custumary, Cyclometry, Cymry, Dairy, Damnatory, Dangleberry, Dare-deviltry, Datary, Deaconry, Decennary, Deceptory, Decisory, Declamatory, Declaratory, Declinatory, Decretory, Decry, Decury, Deerberry, Defamatory, Defensory, Defiatory, Deglutitory, Dehortatory, Dejectory, Delegatory, Deletory, Delineatory, Delusory, Demissionary, Demonolatry, Demonry, Demonstratory, Dentary, Dentistry, Denunciatory, Dephlegmatory, Depilatory, Depletory, Depositary, Depository, Deprecatory, Depreciatory, Depredatory, Depulsory, Depuratory, Depurgatory. (additional references)

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Anagrams: IMPRECATORY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: cryptomeria.

Words within the letters "a-c-e-i-m-o-p-r-r-t-y"

-1 letter: pyrometric.

-2 letters: ametropic, crematory, imperator, preatomic, precatory, temporary.

-3 letters: apyretic, cometary, comparer, copremia, cremator, impacter, impactor, imparter, importer, mercapto, operatic, priorate, reimport.

-4 letters: airport, apomict, apricot, aprotic, armoire, campier, carport, carroty, cirrate, compare, compart, coremia, crampit, creator, crimper, ectopia, emporia, erotica, erratic, meropia, meropic, metopic, mortary, mortice, opacity, paretic, parotic, parroty, partier, partyer, picrate, pierrot, porrect, portray, potamic, praetor, preriot, pretrim, primacy, primary, primate, primero, prorate, pyaemic, pyretic, reactor, rectory, retiary, topiary, tracery, tramper.

-5 letters: aortic, armory, armpit, artery, artier, atomic, atopic, atypic, camper, capote, captor, carper, carpet, carrom, carrot, carter, cartop, coater, coempt, comate, comity, copier, copter, corrie, cotype, crater, creamy, crimpy, crypto, erotic, imaret, impact, impart, import, irater, martyr, metric, moiety, mopery, mopier, mortar, myopia, myopic, myotic, myrica, opiate, optima, optime, orrice, parity, parrot, permit, picaro, piracy, pirate, poetic, poetry, pomace, porter, prater, prayer, preact, prearm, pretor, pricer, pricey, primer, priory, protea, protei, pyemia, pyemic, pyrite, racier, rapier, raptor, rarity, recopy, rector, remora, repair, report, retrim, rioter, roamer, romper, ropery, ropier, rotary, tamper, teapoy, termor, toecap, tracer, tremor, trimer, trocar, trompe, tropic, typier.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-e-i-m-o-p-r-r-t-y"
 

+1 letter: cryptomerias.

 

+2 letters: hyperromantic.

 

+3 letters: contemporarily, pyrometrically.

 

+5 letters: morphometrically.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: IMPRECATORY


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 4D 50 52 45 43 41 54 4F 52 59

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01001101 01010000 01010010 01000101 01000011 01000001 01010100 01001111 01010010 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#77 &#80 &#82 &#69 &#67 &#65 &#84 &#79 &#82 &#89

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 004D 0050 0052 0045 0043 0041 0054 004F 0052 0059

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4347505239373554495259

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Expressions: Internet
4. Translations: Modern
5. Derivations
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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