detractory

English

Etymology

From Latin dētractōrius, from dētractor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈtɹæktəɹi/

Adjective

detractory (comparative more detractory, superlative most detractory)

1. (now rare) That detracts from something; disparaging, depreciatory.
   • 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.5:

     For this is not only derogatory unto the wisdom of God, who hath proposed the World unto out knowledge, and thereby the notion of Himself; but also detractory unto the intellect, and sense of man expressedly disposed for that inquisition.