Jacobinical
Jacobinical adjective: synonym of Jacobin, of, related to, or characteristic of the Jacobins of France.
Adjective
Jacobinical (comparative more Jacobinical, superlative most Jacobinical)
- Synonym of Jacobin, of, related to, or characteristic of the Jacobins of France.
- Her late dangers have arisen […] from her own ill policy, which dismantled all her towns, and discontented all her subjects by Jacobinical innovations.1793, Edmund Burke, “Remarks on the Policy of the Allies with Respect to France” in Three memorials on French affairs, London: F. & C. Rivington, 1797
- And though he never left in lurch
His King, his country, or his church,
’Twas but to humour his own cynical
Contempt of doctrines Jacobinical.1834, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, “A Character,” lines 49-52, in Ernest Hartley Coleridge (ed.), Coleridge: Poetical Works, Oxford University Press, 1912, p. 452
- Synonym of radical.
- Synonyms:
- radical
Examples of Jacobinical in a sentence
- She is always ready for jacobinical scoffs at a man for being a lord, if he happens to fail; she is always ready for toadying a lord, if he happens to make a hit.1847 September, Thomas de Quincey, “Schlosser’s Literary History of the Eighteenth Century”, in Tait’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume 14, page...
- I do not approve of the principles of the family; they are Jacobinical.”1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “Old Maids”, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC...
Synonyms of Jacobinical
Forms of Jacobinical
| comparative | more Jacobinical |
|---|---|
| superlative | most Jacobinical |
Origin of Jacobinical
From Jacobinic + -al or Jacobin + -ical.
Words formed from Jacobinical
Questions about Jacobinical
- What does Jacobinical mean?
- Jacobinical means synonym of Jacobin, of, related to, or characteristic of the Jacobins of France.
- How do you use Jacobinical in a sentence?
- She is always ready for jacobinical scoffs at a man for being a lord, if he happens to fail; she is always ready for toadying a lord, if he happens to make a hit.
- What part of speech is Jacobinical?
- Jacobinical is an adjective.
Words near Jacobinical in the dictionary
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