revelatory C2 Topic:Describing Qualities US [ˈɹɛvələtoɹi] UK [ɹɛvəˈlɛjtəɹi] See IPA manual Freq #91612 Meanings 1 adj Revealing something surprising or previously unknown. The interview was revelatory, exposing secrets no one had suspected. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · revealing something... revealing Word family Derived forms revelatorilyunrevelatory Related forms revealingnessrevelaterevelationrevelatorrevelatoriness Etymology AI details Borrowed from Latin revēlātōrius. By surface analysis, revelate + -ory. Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # revelatory **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** [ˈɹɛvələtoɹi] **IPA (UK):** [ɹɛvəˈlɛjtəɹi] **Frequency rank:** 91612 ## Meanings 1. Revealing something surprising or previously unknown. ## Examples - The interview was revelatory, exposing secrets no one had suspected. ## Derived Forms - revelatorily - unrevelatory ## Related Forms - revealingness - revelate - revelation - revelator - revelatoriness ## Etymology Borrowed from Latin revēlātōrius. By surface analysis, revelate + -ory. ## AI Etymology Revelatory is borrowed from Latin revēlātōrius. By surface analysis, revelate + -ory. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern adjectival form is built from the named base and affix. Current senses include revealing something surprising or previously unknown. The wider family includes derived forms such as revelatorily and unrevelatory; related words such as revealingness, revelate, revelation, and revelator. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown