provocatory
English
editEtymology
editFrom Late Latin provocatorius, from Latin provoco.
Adjective
editprovocatory (comparative more provocatory, superlative most provocatory)
- provocative
- provocatory conduct
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “provocatory”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)