diversory
English
Etymology
From Latin diversorium, deversorium (“an inn or lodging”).
Noun
diversory (plural diversories)
- (obsolete, rare) A wayside inn.
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Adjective
diversory (comparative more diversory, superlative most diversory)
- Tending to divert; causing diversion.
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 diversory in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)