damnatory

English

Etymology

From Latin damnatorius, corresponding to damn +‎ -atory.

Adjective

damnatory (not comparable)

1. Containing a sentence of condemnation.

   Synonyms: condemning, disapprobatory, reprehensive; see also Thesaurus:condemnatory

   • 1860 December – 1861 August, Charles Dickens, chapter XII, in Great Expectations […], volume I, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published October 1861, →OCLC, page 197:

     I had cut my knuckles against the pale young gentleman's teeth, and I twisted my imagination into a thousand tangles, as I devised incredible ways of accounting for that damnatory circumstance when I should be haled before the Judges.

References

• Chambers's Etymological Dictionary, 1896, p. 110

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