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hortensial

hortensial adjective: fit for a garden.

Adjective

hortensial (comparative more hortensial, superlative most hortensial)

  1. (obsolete) Fit for a garden.
    • such as are sative and hortensial subalternate to the other1664, J[ohn] E[velyn], Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. […], London: […] Jo[hn] Martyn, and Ja[mes] Allestry, printers to the Royal...

Forms of hortensial

comparativemore hortensial
superlativemost hortensial

Origin of hortensial

From Latin hortensius, hortēnsis, from hortus (“garden”). Akin to English yard (“an enclosure”). By surface analysis, Latin hortēns(is) + -i- + -al.

Questions about hortensial

What does hortensial mean?
Hortensial means fit for a garden.
What part of speech is hortensial?
Hortensial is an adjective.

Words near hortensial in the dictionary

  1. hortatory
  2. hortatory memoranda
  3. hortatory memorandum
  4. Hortense
  5. hortensia
  6. hortensial
  7. hortensias
  8. Horthyan
  9. horti-
  10. hortic
  11. hortic.

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