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negatory

[neg-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] Origin

neg·a·to·ry

[neg-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
adjective
marked by negation; denying; negative.

Origin:
1570–80; < Late Latin negātōrius. See negate, -tory1
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negatory
"expressing negation," 1580, from M.Fr. negatoire, from M.L. negatorius "negative," from L. negatus (see negation). In the sense "no" it is U.S. Air Force slang from the early 1950s.
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negatory definition


  1. mod.
    no; negative. Q: Are you going to leave now? A: Negatory. :
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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