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septentrial

septentrial is the obsolete form of septentrional.

Meaning of septentrional

Adjective

septentrional (comparative more septentrional, superlative most septentrional)

  1. (literary, rare) Pertaining to the north; northern.
    • Cow's milk could be obtained in very small quantities, but it was of evil flavour; butter, in the septentrional sense of the word, did not exist.1901, George Gissing, chapter 9, in By the Ionian Sea
    Synonyms:
    boreal, northern

Forms of septentrial

comparativemore septentrial
superlativemost septentrial

Questions about septentrial

What is septentrial the obsolete form of?
Septentrial is the obsolete form of septentrional.

Words near septentrial in the dictionary

  1. septennial
  2. septenniality
  3. septennially
  4. septennium
  5. septenniums
  6. septentrial
  7. septentrigintillion
  8. Septentrio
  9. septentrion
  10. septentrional
  11. septentrionaline

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