abbreviatory

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English

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Etymology

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From abbreviate +‎ -ory.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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abbreviatory (comparative more abbreviatory, superlative most abbreviatory)

  1. Serving or tending to abbreviate; shortening; abridging. [Mid 19th century.][1]

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References

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  1. ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “abbreviatory”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 3.