Synonyms

monitory

[mon-i-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] Origin

mon·i·to·ry

[mon-i-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] adjective, noun, plural mon·i·to·ries.
adjective
1.
serving to admonish or warn; admonitory.
2.
giving monition.
noun
3.
Also called monitory letter. a letter, as one from a bishop, containing a monition.

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Monitory is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin monitōrius reminding, warning, equivalent to moni- (see monitor) + -tōrius -tory1
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monitory (ˈmɒnɪtərɪ, -trɪ)
 
adj
1.  warning or admonishing: a monitory look
 
n , -ries
2.  rare a letter containing a monition

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monitory
mid-15c., from L. monitorius, from monitor (see monitor).
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