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单词 protestatory
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protestatoryadj.

Brit. /prəʊˈtɛstət(ə)ri/, U.S. /proʊˈtɛstəˌtɔri/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin prōtestāt- , prōtestārī , -ory suffix2.
Etymology: < classical Latin prōtestāt-, past participial stem of prōtestārī protest v. + -ory suffix2. Compare French protestatoire (1869; 1551 in Middle French in an apparently isolated attestation), Italian protestatorio (1686). Compare earlier protesting adj. and protestator n.
Of, relating to, or expressing protest; taking the form of a protest.
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the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > [adjective]
remonstrativec1595
protestatorya1624
objectional1651
a1624 Bp. M. Smith Serm. (1632) 27 The answere is partly indignatory..partly protestatory.
1887 Standard 23 Dec. 3/2 These concessions were not favourably received by the National Party, who went so far as to threaten further protestatory elections.
1887 Times 23 Dec. 4/1 The provisions of the draft..were so distasteful to the local politicians that they expressed their intention of proceeding with ‘protestatory’ elections.
1921 P.S. Mowrer Balkanized Europe iii. v. 148 The movement is protestatory, not revolutionary.
1960 R. Banham tr. C. E. Jeanneret Gris & A. Ozenfant in Theory & Design First Machine Age xv. 207 The work of art must not be accidental.., protestatory, picturesque, but, on the contrary, generalised, static, expressive of the invariant.
1996 B. Jack Francophone Lit.: Introd. Surv. 231 The African poetry of the first half of the century is thus predominantly protestatory and celebratory.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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