salivatory

English

Etymology

saliva +‎ -atory

Pronunciation
  • Audio (UK)(file)

Adjective

salivatory (comparative more salivatory, superlative most salivatory)

  1. Associated with or accompanied by salivation
    • 2009 January 4, Joshua Yaffa, “Forbidden Nonfruit”, in New York Times‎:
      Sleep-overs took on the kind of salivatory anticipation that most children reserve for Halloween .
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.