salivatory

English

Etymology

From saliva +‎ -atory.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

salivatory (comparative more salivatory, superlative most salivatory)

1. Associated with or accompanied by salivation
   • 2009 January 4, Joshua Yaffa, “Forbidden Nonfruit”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Sleep-overs took on the kind of salivatory anticipation that most children reserve for Halloween .