| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Expurgatory.[Websters]
2. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb expurgatoriously.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (expurgatoriously) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective expurgatorious.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "EXPURGATORIOUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Note: Expurgatorious \Ex*pur`ga*to"ri*ous\, adjective. Expurgatory. [obsolete]. (references) |
