MONITORY

admonitory, cautionary, exemplary, monitory, warning

(adjective) serving to warn; “shook a monitory finger at him”; “an exemplary jail sentence”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

monitory

giving admonition and warning

• L'Estrange

Noun

monitory (plural monitories)

a written letter giving admonition

Anagrams

• moronity

Source: Wiktionary

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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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