salivatory

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

saliva +‎ -atory

Pronunciation[edit]

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Adjective[edit]

salivatory (comparative more salivatory, superlative most salivatory)

  1. Associated with or accompanied by salivation
    • 2009 January 4, Joshua Yaffa, “Forbidden Nonfruit”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      Sleep-overs took on the kind of salivatory anticipation that most children reserve for Halloween .
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