Feminine

giaculatoria

Meaning

  1. (feminine) a short repeated prayer
  2. (feminine, figuratively, humorous) monotonous and repetitive words

Hyphenated as
gia‧cu‧la‧tò‧ria
Pronounced as (IPA)
/d͡ʒa.ku.laˈtɔ.rja/
Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin iaculātōria [prex] (literally “[prayer] that is thrown”).

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