elucidatory

English

Etymology

From elucidate + -ory.

Adjective

elucidatory (comparative more elucidatory, superlative most elucidatory)

  1. Serving to elucidate.
    • 2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Position vectors, homologous chromosomes and gamma rays: Promoting disciplinary literacy through Secondary Phrase Lists”, in English for Specific Purposes, →DOI, page 7:
      Numerous compound nouns of category (b) are perfectly valid lexemes, but are not considered dictionary material since their definition (e.g., ‘a door of a cupboard’) is no more elucidatory than the original compound itself (‘cupboard door’).
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