defiatory
English
Etymology
See defy.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈfaɪ(j)ətɹi/
- (US) IPA(key): /dəˈfaɪətɔɹi/
Adjective
defiatory (comparative more defiatory, superlative most defiatory)
- (obsolete) Bidding or manifesting defiance.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for defiatory in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)