homonymical
homonymical adjective: synonym of homonymic.
Adjective
homonymical (not comparable)
- Synonym of homonymic.
- [T]hoſe definitions cannot be made accurately by Heat and Cold: therefore theſe terms of the Seaſons muſt be diſtinguiſhed, as being Homonymical, ſo that we muſt make ſome Seaſons to be Celeſtial, and others Terreſtrial. […] ſo that it is termed the Terreſtrial Summer of any place, in which, in...1682, [Bernhardus] Varenius, anonymous translator, “How are the Seasons of the year, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, to be defined?”, in Cosmography and Geography in Two Parts: […], London: […]...
- The Hetéric Homonymical Distinctions apply to such a Small Fraction of the English Language as to be ludicrously incomplete. Now, the utter worthlessness of any objection to phonetic spelling, which can be raised on the score of confusing homonyms, is shewn by this one fact, that there are only...1848, Alexander John Ellis, “The Homonymical Objection”, in A Plea for Phonetic Spelling; or, The Necessity of Orthographic Reform. […], 2nd edition, London: Fred Pitman, […], →OCLC, page 105
- Synonyms:
- homonymic
Examples of homonymical in a sentence
- The Hetéric Homonymical Distinctions apply to such a Small Fraction of the English Language as to be ludicrously incomplete.1848, Alexander John Ellis, “The Homonymical Objection”, in A Plea for Phonetic Spelling; or, The Necessity of Orthographic Reform. […]...
- There are two kinds of dictionaries: synonymical and homonymical. […] The homonymical dictionaries contain words with meanings more than one (anekārtha, nānārtha).1967, M[oriz] Winternitz, translated by Subhadra Jha, “Lexicography”, in History of Indian Literature, volume III, Delhi: Motilal...
- Some day I plan to write about the hilarious misunderstandings that have arisen from this homonymical unlikelihood, but I have to wait until at least one of them dies.2012, Arthur Black, “All the News That’s Fit to Drift”, in Looking Blackward, Madeira Park, B.C.: Harbour Publishing, →ISBN, part 1 (News...
Synonyms of homonymical
Origin of homonymical
From homonym + -ical.
Questions about homonymical
- What does homonymical mean?
- Homonymical means synonym of homonymic.
- How do you use homonymical in a sentence?
- The Hetéric Homonymical Distinctions apply to such a Small Fraction of the English Language as to be ludicrously incomplete.
- What part of speech is homonymical?
- Homonymical is an adjective.
Words near homonymical in the dictionary
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