nadiral
/ˈneɪ.dɪɹəl/
nadiral adjective: of, pertaining to or situated at a nadir.
Adjective
nadiral (not comparable)
- Of, pertaining to or situated at a nadir.
- […] since he had last shared in the Vicarage life it had grown even more distinctly foreign to his own than usual. Its transcendental aspirations—still unconsciously based on the geocentric view of things, a zenithal paradise, a nadiral hell—were as foreign to his own as if they had been the dreams...1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d’Urbervilles, Phase the Fourth, Chapter 25
Origin of nadiral
From nadir + -al.
Questions about nadiral
- What does nadiral mean?
- Nadiral means of, pertaining to or situated at a nadir.
- What part of speech is nadiral?
- Nadiral is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce nadiral?
- Nadiral is pronounced /ˈneɪ.dɪɹəl/.
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