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speshul

speshul adjective: special.

Adjective

speshul (comparative more speshul, superlative most speshul)

  1. (dialectal, humorous, nonstandard, sometimes) special
    • My brother works on the Telegraph; he's a compositor and he'd give me the first pull of any speshul stuff and I could bring it to you.1991, Frank Harris, John F Gallagher, My Life and Loves
    • Theyve put me on the speshul detail. The speshul detail, Mable, is a bunch of fellos what knows more than any one else in the camp.2005, Lieutenant Edward Streeter, That's Me All Over Mable

Forms of speshul

comparativemore speshul
superlativemost speshul

Origin of speshul

Eye dialect spelling of special.

Questions about speshul

What does speshul mean?
Speshul means special.
What part of speech is speshul?
Speshul is an adjective.

Words near speshul in the dictionary

  1. spersing
  2. spertiniite
  3. SPEs
  4. spes phthisica
  5. spesh
  6. speshul
  7. spesmilo
  8. spesmiloj
  9. spesmilos
  10. speso
  11. spesoj

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