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Saxonical

Saxonical adjective: pertaining to the Anglo-Saxons or the Old English language.

Adjective

Saxonical (comparative more Saxonical, superlative most Saxonical)

  1. (obsolete) Pertaining to the Anglo-Saxons or the Old English language.
    • Shall we (sayd he,) not Iudge it, some parte of Wisdome, to Imitate carefully, in some little Proportion, (though not with so many Thousands,) the prosperous Pastimes of Peaceable King Edgar, that Saxonicall Alexander?1577, John Dee, Perfect Arte of Navigation
  2. (obsolete) Pertaining to Saxony.

Forms of Saxonical

comparativemore Saxonical
superlativemost Saxonical
alternative formSaxonicall

Origin of Saxonical

From medieval Latin Saxonicus (“Saxon”) + -al. Compare Saxonic.

Questions about Saxonical

What does Saxonical mean?
Saxonical means pertaining to the Anglo-Saxons or the Old English language.
What part of speech is Saxonical?
Saxonical is an adjective.

Words near Saxonical in the dictionary

  1. saxonette
  2. saxonettes
  3. Saxonian
  4. Saxonians
  5. Saxonic
  6. Saxonical
  7. Saxonically
  8. Saxonies
  9. Saxonise
  10. Saxonised
  11. Saxonises

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