auditory

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin audītōrius (“pertaining to a hearer or hearing”), from audiō (“to hear”) + -tōrius (“-tory”, adjectival suffix).

adj

  1. Of, or relating to hearing, or to the sense or organs of hearing.

Etymology 2

From Latin audītōrium (“the place where something is heard; the assembled hearers”) + -y.

noun

  1. (archaic) Synonym of audience.
    ...and because though these learned Gentlemen (sayes he, turning to his two friends) need not fear to discourse before any Auditory... 1661, Robert Boyle, The Sceptical Chymist, page 7
  2. (archaic) Synonym of auditorium.

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