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raconteurial

raconteurial adjective: characteristic of a raconteur.

Adjective

raconteurial (comparative more raconteurial, superlative most raconteurial)

  1. Characteristic of a raconteur
    • It sounds like Wilder is at his raconteurial best, telling stories and showing off his wit.
    • “And he was going to divorce her.” Enid let her eyes fall shut in raconteurial pleasure. She was aware that Denise didn’t like this story, but there were plenty of things about Denise’s life that were disagreeable to Enid, too, so.2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

Forms of raconteurial

comparativemore raconteurial
superlativemost raconteurial

Origin of raconteurial

From raconteur + -ial.

Questions about raconteurial

What does raconteurial mean?
Raconteurial means characteristic of a raconteur.
What part of speech is raconteurial?
Raconteurial is an adjective.

Words near raconteurial in the dictionary

  1. raclopride
  2. racon
  3. racons
  4. raconteur
  5. raconteured
  6. raconteurial
  7. raconteuring
  8. raconteurs
  9. raconteuse
  10. raconteuses
  11. racoon

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