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encyclopædical

encyclopædical adjective: dated spelling of encyclopaedical.

Adjective

encyclopædical (comparative more encyclopædical, superlative most encyclopædical)

  1. Dated spelling of encyclopaedical.
    • How to combine the ready availableness of a dictionary with an encyclopædical completeness is the problem to be considered by the undertaker of a work like this.1901, Montogomery Schuyler, The International Quarterly, volume IV, page 832

Forms of encyclopædical

comparativemore encyclopædical
superlativemost encyclopædical

Origin of encyclopædical

From encyclopædic + -al.

Questions about encyclopædical

What does encyclopædical mean?
Encyclopædical means dated spelling of encyclopaedical.
What part of speech is encyclopædical?
Encyclopædical is an adjective.

Words near encyclopædical in the dictionary

  1. encyclopædial
  2. encyclopædian
  3. encyclopædians
  4. encyclopædias
  5. encyclopædic
  6. encyclopædical
  7. encyclopædically
  8. encyclopædism
  9. encyclopædist
  10. encyclopædists
  11. encyclopædiæ

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