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 revealingnessrevelaterevelation revelatorrevelatoriness

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin revēlātōrius. By surface analysis, revelate + -ory.

Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# 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

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