dentistical
dentistical adjective: resembling, or relating to, a dentist.
Adjective
dentistical (comparative more dentistical, superlative most dentistical)
- Resembling, or relating to, a dentist.
- And yet even the crocodile likes to have his teeth cleaned; insects get into them, and, horrible reptile though he be, he opens his jaws inoffensively to a faithful dentistical bird, who volunteers his beak for a toothpick.1853, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, My Novel, or Varieties in English Life
- Some of them have little boxes of dentistical-looking implements, specially intended for the skrimshandering business.1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
Forms of dentistical
| comparative | more dentistical |
|---|---|
| superlative | most dentistical |
Origin of dentistical
From dentist + -ical.
Questions about dentistical
- What does dentistical mean?
- Dentistical means resembling, or relating to, a dentist.
- What part of speech is dentistical?
- Dentistical is an adjective.
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