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Definition: EXPIATORIOUS

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Of an expiatory nature; expiatory.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb expiatoriously.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(expiatoriously)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective expiatorious.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Expiatorious" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: EXPIATORIOUS

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Of an expiatory nature; expiatory.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb expiatoriously.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(expiatoriously)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective expiatorious.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "EXPIATORIOUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)