anidiomatical
anidiomatical adjective: not idiomatic.
Adjective
anidiomatical (comparative more anidiomatical, superlative most anidiomatical)
- Not idiomatic.
- Because you would not say two times; it is anidiomatical. JOHNSON: Anidiomatical! TOOKE: We want the word; take it from me. It is not so, when or three comes between. JOHNSON: I should rather say twice or thrice.1828, Walter Savage Landor, Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen, volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC
Forms of anidiomatical
| comparative | more anidiomatical |
|---|---|
| superlative | most anidiomatical |
Origin of anidiomatical
From an- + idiomatical.
Questions about anidiomatical
- What does anidiomatical mean?
- Anidiomatical means not idiomatic.
- What part of speech is anidiomatical?
- Anidiomatical is an adjective.
Words near anidiomatical in the dictionary
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