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reformatory (adj.)
[reformatory 词源字典]
1704, from past participle stem of Latin
reformare
"to transform, change" (see
reform
(v.)). As a noun, "house of correction for juveniles," from 1758.
[reformatory etymology, reformatory origin, 英语词源]