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octogonal

octogonal is the obsolete form of octagonal.

Meaning of octagonal

Adjective

octagonal (not comparable)

  1. Shaped like an octagon, in having eight sides and eight angles.
    • Near Smeinogorsk an octagonal tumulus has been found containing the corpse of a horse near a rectangular one with a human corpse, both within stone circles.1898, Friedrich Ratzel, The History of Mankind, volume III, London: Macmillan and Co., page 325

Forms of octogonal

comparativemore octogonal
superlativemost octogonal

Questions about octogonal

What is octogonal the obsolete form of?
Octogonal is the obsolete form of octagonal.

Words near octogonal in the dictionary

  1. octogesimal
  2. octogild
  3. octogintillion
  4. octoglot
  5. octogon
  6. octogonal
  7. octogons
  8. octogram
  9. octograms
  10. octogynous
  11. octohedra

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