auctionary

English

Etymology

Latin auctionarius.

Adjective

auctionary (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to an auction.
- 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis; John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Seventh Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: Printed for Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:
  with auctionary hammer in thy hand

Translations

Polish: aukcyjny (pl), licytacyjny (pl)

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for auctionary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

cautionary

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