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mysterical

mysterical adjective: mysterious, mystic.

Adjective

mysterical (comparative more mysterical, superlative most mysterical)

  1. (archaic) Mysterious, mystic.
    • The Dead in Spirit is one thing, and the Dead in our Conſumed Fleſh is another; And thoſe that became the firſt Fruits of them that Slept. This I take to be the Myſterical Body.1707, Le Wright, The Soul the Body at the Last-Day, Proved from Holy-Writ: Refuting the Common Receiv'd Opinion, That We ſhall be Judged in Our Corruptible Bodies, page 15
    • Old Darby ſo I ſhall him call, / Dreamed a Dream myſterical; / Which ſorely did torment his Thought, / Bewilder'd in a Trap was caught.1766, Thomas Sadler, “Bunch Hesperus: or, The Mock-Artist: A Burleſque Poem.”, in Poems on various subjects. To which is added, The merry miller: or, The country-man's ramble to London, a farce, page...

Examples of mysterical in a sentence

  • The fact that they were invariably found with animal remains certainly does indicate some mysterical use in sacrifice or sepulchural rites.1949, Paul Einzig, “Iron sword currency on Britain” (chapter 14), in Primitive Money: In Its Ethnological, Historical and Economic Aspects...
  • Independently of the nature of these contacts—sequential or parallel—the thought of this philosopher represents a living link between ancient mysterical cults, Greek philosophy, and monotheism.2022 November, Guillermo M. Jodra, On Hellenism, Judaism, Individualism, and Early Christian Theories of the Subject, Bloomsbury...

Forms of mysterical

comparativemore mysterical
superlativemost mysterical

Origin of mysterical

From mystery + -ical.

Words formed from mysterical

Questions about mysterical

What does mysterical mean?
Mysterical means mysterious, mystic.
How do you use mysterical in a sentence?
The fact that they were invariably found with animal remains certainly does indicate some mysterical use in sacrifice or sepulchural rites.
What part of speech is mysterical?
Mysterical is an adjective.

Words near mysterical in the dictionary

  1. mysterianist
  2. mysterianists
  3. mysterians
  4. mysteriarch
  5. mysteriarchs
  6. mysterical
  7. mysterically
  8. mysteried
  9. mysteries
  10. mysteriosity
  11. mysterioso

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