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bandboxical

bandboxical adjective: small and flimsy; poky.

Adjective

bandboxical (comparative more bandboxical, superlative most bandboxical)

  1. (archaic) Small and flimsy; poky.
    • Not later than last summer, this grand theatrical apartment was divided into a suite of shabby, bandboxical rooms for the accommodation of the Infant of Parma.1891, William Beckford, The History of the Caliph Vathek: And European Travels, page 461

Forms of bandboxical

comparativemore bandboxical
superlativemost bandboxical

Origin of bandboxical

From bandbox + -ical.

Questions about bandboxical

What does bandboxical mean?
Bandboxical means small and flimsy; poky.
What part of speech is bandboxical?
Bandboxical is an adjective.

Words near bandboxical in the dictionary

  1. bandas
  2. bandavirus
  3. bandaviruses
  4. bandbox
  5. bandboxes
  6. bandboxical
  7. bandboxy
  8. bandbrake
  9. bandcenter
  10. bandcenters
  11. banddom

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