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单词 narratory
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narratoryadj.

Brit. /nəˈreɪt(ə)ri/, /ˈnarət(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈnɛrəˌtɔri/
Forms: 1500s narratorie, 1600s 1800s– narratory.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin narratorius.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin narratorius characterized by narration (4th cent.) < classical Latin narrāt- , past participial stem of narrāre narrate v. + -ōrius -ory suffix2. Compare Italian narratorio (1348), Middle French narratoire (early 15th cent.).
Characterized by or inclined to narration; of the nature of narrative.
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the mind > language > speech > narration > [adjective]
narrativec1450
narratory1586
narrational1858
tell-a-story1865
1586 A. Day Eng. Secretorie i. sig. Dv Epistles Narratorie, wherein wee expresse to those that are farre from vs, the affayres that presently are in hand with vs.
1649 F. Roberts Clavis Bibliorum (ed. 2) 540 The narratory description of the famine in brief.
1803 F. Burney Jrnls. & Lett. (1975) V. 431 The narratory Letters, in which I so delight.
a1853 W. Jay Autobiogr. (1855) i. 13 Such a work is devotional rather than narratory.
1887 J. Hatton Old House at Sandwich iii. xiv By what may be called a forward narratory movement.
1932 H. L. Mencken Diary 6 May (1989) 45 If Red continues day after day to be muzzy I will quit. He is loud, endlessly narratory, and insultingly familiar.
1984 Representations No. 5. 70 The few commentators who mention the narratory action of the Protagoras restrict their remarks to the brief opening dialogue.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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