delegatory
English
Etymology
Latin delegatorius (“pertaining to an assignment”).
Adjective
delegatory (not comparable)
- Holding a delegated position.
- 1599, Thomas Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe:
- Some politique delegatory Scipio, or witty pated Petito, like the heire of Laertes per apherisos
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- Of or pertaining to delegation
- delegatory act
- delegatory leadership
- delegatory leader
References
- delegatory in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
- derogately