crumenal
crumenal noun: a purse.
Noun
crumenal (plural crumenals)
- A purse.
- […] and could only have rewarded, if they rewarded at all, by inserting their hands into their own crumenal pouches […] .1850, Henry K. Oliver, Bees and Honey, in Transactions of the Essex Agricultural Society for 1850, Essex Agricultural Society, page 115
Adjective
crumenal (not comparable)
- Monetary, fiscal.
- I now plainly saw that Mr. Snoole's sincerity must be put to that most searching of tests—the crumenal one, the efficacy of which is so soon found out, and so simply illustrated by schoolboys:—"Will you take your oath?—"Yes."—"Will you bet sixpence?"—"No."1881, R. Mounteney Jephson, “A Capital Farce for Snoole”, in Temple Bar: A London Magazine for Town and Country Readers, volume 62, Richard Bentley & Son, page 534
- Decisive, conclusive.
- Again, some practitioners are of the opinion that a "pumiced" condition of the sole is the crumenal diagnostic test, and indicative of chronic laminitis.1890, R. W. Burke, “The Principles of Soundness and Unsoundness in Horses”, in Veterinary Journal and Annals of Comparative Pathology, volume 30, page 164
Forms of crumenal
| plural | crumenals |
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Origin of crumenal
From Latin crumena (“purse”).
Words formed from crumenal
- crumenal organ
Questions about crumenal
- What does crumenal mean?
- Crumenal means a purse.
- What part of speech is crumenal?
- Crumenal can be a noun or an adjective.
- What is the plural of crumenal?
- The plural of crumenal is crumenals.
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