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acronychal

acronychal is the alternative form of acronycal.

acronychal is the alternative form of acronical.

Meaning of acronycal

Adjective

acronycal (not comparable)

  1. Rising at sunset and setting at sunrise.

Meaning of acronical

Adjective

acronical (not comparable)

  1. Occurring at sunset.
    • Some sounds, such as the cries of the sellers of water in summer and charcoal in winter, persist, hour in and hour out, for the whole twenty-four, and form a background for the different acronical clamour that now rises.1940, Osbert Sitwell, Escape with me!: An oriental sketch-book, page 307
  2. Occurring at the end of life.
    • "Una vieja y sus re- cuerdos" is the acronical story of a woman reputedly 139 years of age when she related her life's work as partera (midwife), cocinera principal (head cook), and llavera (keeper of the keys) as well as duena (supervisor) of various shops at San Gabriel mission in the first half...1993, Genaro M. Padilla, My History, Not Yours: The Formation of Mexican American Autobiography, →ISBN

Words formed from acronychal

Questions about acronychal

What is acronychal the alternative form of?
Acronychal is the alternative form of acronycal.

Words near acronychal in the dictionary

  1. acronine
  2. acronomic
  3. acrons
  4. acronycal
  5. acronycally
  6. acronychal
  7. acronychally
  8. acronyctous
  9. acronym
  10. acronymania
  11. acronymed

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