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curatical

UK/kjʊəˈɹætɪkəl/US/kjəˈɹætɪkəl/

curatical adjective: curatial; curatic.

Adjective

curatical (comparative more curatical, superlative most curatical)

  1. Curatial; curatic.
    • They said it was a reaction; that after the restraint of Sunday with its three services, especially the last when he was permitted to pour out his wild curatical eloquence, the need of doing something violent and savage was most powerful; that he had, so to say, to wash out the Sunday taste with...1922 November [1921 October], W. H. Hudson, “Wasps and Men” (chapter XXXIII), in A Traveller in Little Things, New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, page 290

Forms of curatical

comparativemore curatical
superlativemost curatical

Origin of curatical

From curate + -ical.

Words that rhyme with curatical

Questions about curatical

What does curatical mean?
Curatical means curatial; curatic.
What part of speech is curatical?
Curatical is an adjective.
How do you pronounce curatical?
Curatical is pronounced /kjʊəˈɹætɪkəl/ (UK).

Words near curatical in the dictionary

  1. curateships
  2. curatess
  3. curatesses
  4. curatial
  5. curatic
  6. curatical
  7. curating
  8. curation
  9. curational
  10. curations
  11. curative

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