MONITORY
admonitory, cautionary, exemplary, monitory, warning
(adjective) serving to warn; “shook a monitory finger at him”; “an exemplary jail sentence”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
monitory
giving admonition and warning
• L'Estrange
Noun
monitory (plural monitories)
a written letter giving admonition
Anagrams
• moronity
Source: Wiktionary
Mon"i*to*ry, a. Etym: [L. monitorius.]
Definition: Giving admonition; instructing by way of caution; warning. Losses, miscarriages, and disappointments, are monitory and instructive. L'Estrange.
Mon"i*to*ry, n.
Definition: Admonition; warning; especially, a monition proceeding from an ecclesiastical court, but not addressed to any one person.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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