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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

COMMINATORY

a.Threatening; denouncing punishment.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

COMMINATORY

Com *min "a *to "ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. comminatoire.]

 

Defn: Threatening or denouncing punishment; as, comminatory terms. B. Jonson.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

comminatory

com min a to ry |ˈkämənəˌtôrē, kəˈminə -ˈkɑmənətɔri | ▶adjective threatening, punitive, or vengeful. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from medieval Latin comminatorius, from comminat- ‘threatened, ’ from the verb comminari (see commination ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

comminatory

comminatory |ˈkɒmɪnəˌt (ə )ri | ▶adjective rare threatening, punitive, or vengeful. ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from medieval Latin comminatorius, from comminat- ‘threatened ’, from the verb comminari (see commination ).