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Antarctical

Antarctical is the alternative form of Antarctic.

Meaning of Antarctic

Adjective

Antarctic (comparative more Antarctic, superlative most Antarctic)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Antarctica and the south polar regions.
    • We are likely to consider Antarctic English as an occupational variety of general English rather than a new regional variety, mainly because men go to work in the Antarctic for a period, intending to return. They are not settlers.1972, George William Turner, The English Language in Australia and New Zealand, Longman, →ISBN, page 67
  2. (figuratively, obsolete) Opposite, contradictory.
  3. (obsolete) Southern.

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Questions about Antarctical

What is Antarctical the alternative form of?
Antarctical is the alternative form of Antarctic.

Words near Antarctical in the dictionary

  1. Antarctic toothfish
  2. Antarctic toothfishes
  3. Antarctic wolf
  4. Antarctic Zone
  5. Antarctica
  6. Antarctical
  7. antarctically
  8. Antarctican
  9. Antarcticans
  10. Antarctician
  11. Antarcticians

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