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pleuritical

pleuritical adjective: of, pertaining to, or afflicted with pleurisy.

Adjective

pleuritical (comparative more pleuritical, superlative most pleuritical)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with pleurisy.
    • One is sick of the pleuritical stitches of envy; one of the contracting cramp of covetousness; another of the atrophy of unproficiency.1612–1634, [Joseph Hall], “(please specify the page)”, in [Contemplations vpon the Principall Passages of the Holy Storie], volume (please specify |volume=I to VIII), London, →OCLC

Forms of pleuritical

comparativemore pleuritical
superlativemost pleuritical

Questions about pleuritical

What does pleuritical mean?
Pleuritical means of, pertaining to, or afflicted with pleurisy.
What part of speech is pleuritical?
Pleuritical is an adjective.

Words near pleuritical in the dictionary

  1. pleurisy
  2. pleurisy root
  3. pleurite
  4. pleurites
  5. pleuritic
  6. pleuritical
  7. pleuritick
  8. pleuritics
  9. pleuritides
  10. pleuritis
  11. pleuro-

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