intellectuall
intellectuall is the obsolete form of intellectual.
Meaning of intellectual
Adjective
intellectual (comparative more intellectual, superlative most intellectual)
- Pertaining to, or performed by, the intellect; mental or cognitive.
- intellectual powers, activities, etc.
- Endowed with intellect; having a keen sense of understanding; having the capacity for higher forms of knowledge or thought; characterized by intelligence or cleverness
- an intellectual person
- Suitable for exercising one's intellect; perceived by the intellect
- intellectual employments
- Relating to the understanding; treating of the mind.
- intellectual philosophy, sometimes called "mental" philosophy
- Spiritual.
- I deem not profitless those fleeting moods / Of shadowy exultation; not for this, / That they are kindred to our purer mind / And intellectual life […]1805, William Wordsworth, The Prelude, Book II, lines 331-334 (eds. Jonathan Wordsworth, M. H. Abrams, & Stephen Gill, published by W. W. Norton & Company, 1979)
Forms of intellectuall
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more intellectuall |
| superlative | most intellectuall |
| Noun | |
| plural | intellectualls |
Questions about intellectuall
- What is intellectuall the obsolete form of?
- Intellectuall is the obsolete form of intellectual.
Words near intellectuall in the dictionary
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