parchmental
parchmental adjective: made of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, parchment.
Adjective
parchmental (comparative more parchmental, superlative most parchmental)
- Made of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, parchment.
- The Same Woman.—She is the same woman you have had to deal with in your professional career, dear doctor (Gleaner). Has the same begabled frame, the same hooked beak, the same thin, neutral tinted lips, the same parchmental skin, the same supra-lateral nasal mole, the same hammer dressed saw-file...1892, “Items of Interest”, in A[mant] H[enry] Ohmann-Dumesnil, editor, Medical Review. A Weekly Retrospect of Medicine and Surgery., volume XXV, St. Louis, Mo.: Medical Review Association, page 415...
- The Egyptologist, seeking for new light, will discover within the parchmental pages of this little papyrus roll, many facts of interest which have not been recorded elsewhere, for instance, the astonishing revelation that even the crowned heads of the ancient lands are just as susceptible to the...1893, “Literary Nuggets”, in The Doctor’s Factotum, page 10, column 1
- Synonyms:
- parchmentlike, parchmenty
Examples of parchmental in a sentence
- For a three scorer, who is now little more than a parchmental reminiscence, this is unbefitting.1896, C., “The Hypophosphites”, in The Medical Gleaner, volume VII, Cincinnati, Oh.: Sullivan Printing Works, pages 61–62:
- That was the eldest and least parchmental of the sisters, who may, very likely, have been a pretty girl once.1911 September, John Ayscough [pseudonym; Francis Bickerstaffe-Drew], “Gracechurch Papers. II. Counting Handkerchiefs.”, in The Month...
- The atmosphere of parchmental dignity was so oppressing that she bent her knees in a curtsy as soon as she stood before his desk.1945, S. D. Peech [pseudonym; Sibyl Moholy-Nagy], Children’s Children, New York, N.Y.: H. Bittner and Company, page 186:
- […] and remained pale, discolored, parchmental and dry.1970, Journal of Immunology, volume 104, page 1524:
Synonyms of parchmental
Forms of parchmental
| comparative | more parchmental |
|---|---|
| superlative | most parchmental |
Origin of parchmental
From parchment + -al.
Questions about parchmental
- What does parchmental mean?
- Parchmental means made of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, parchment.
- How do you use parchmental in a sentence?
- For a three scorer, who is now little more than a parchmental reminiscence, this is unbefitting.
- What part of speech is parchmental?
- Parchmental is an adjective.
Words near parchmental in the dictionary
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