Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Making void or of no effect; that renders null.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Making void; rendering null.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective obsolete Making void; rendering null.

Etymologies

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Latin frustrotorius: compare French frustratoire.

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Examples

  • Grayson was guarded, offering only that “New York and the Eastern people”—the faction that had deserted Morris in the final vote—possessed no “real sentiments than those that were frustratory.”

    Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010

  • Grayson was guarded, offering only that “New York and the Eastern people”—the faction that had deserted Morris in the final vote—possessed no “real sentiments than those that were frustratory.”

    Robert Morris Charles Rappleye 2010

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