salivatory

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English

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Etymology

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From saliva +‎ -atory.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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 .