revelatory en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- [ˈɹɛvələtoɹi] (General-American)
- [ɹɛvəˈlejtəɹi] (British, Southern, Standard)
- (Southern-England) audio
- [ɹɛvəˈlɛjtəɹi] (British, Southern, Standard)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin revēlātōrius. By surface analysis, revelat(e) + -ory.
Meanings
-
Of, pertaining to, or in the nature of a revelation.
I first sipped an El Presidente fifteen years ago, in Havana, at a sidewalk café across from a vendor selling postcards of Che Guevara. It was revelatory.
December 2019/January 2020, Wayne Curtis, “Discover Cuba’s Other Rum Cocktail: El Presidente”, in Garden & Gun, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2021:Near-synonym: revealing
- Prophetic (especially of doom); apocalyptic.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most revelatory | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more revelatory | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
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Relateds
revelator · revelatoriness · revealingness · Revelation · revelation · revelate