† degradatory,a.Obs. [f.dēgradāt-, ppl. stem of late L. dēgradāre + -ory.] Having the quality of degrading; tending to degrade. 1783W. F. Martyn Geog.Mag. I. 407 Other degradatory circumstances.1786Francis the Philan. III. 166 A species of imposition so degradatory to the republic of letters.