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sympotical

sympotical adjective: synonym of sympotic.

Adjective

sympotical (comparative more sympotical, superlative most sympotical)

  1. (rare) Synonym of sympotic.
    • The most ungrateful material becomes pliable under his [Socrates’s] touch; and the light sympotical mode with which he treats the most difficult points of philosophy and knowledge, rivets the attention of all about him, without a possibility of ennui.1825 June, “Horæ Germanicæ. No. XXI. [Christoph Martin] Wieland’s Aristippus.”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume XVII, number CI, Edinburgh: William Blackwood; London: T[homas] Cadell, […]...
    • The sympotical form is still quite distinctive of British culture, from pubs to clubs. Drink still lubricates politics and business and pleasure for Britons as well as Greeks.1981 August 5, Philip Howard, The Times, London: News UK, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 12, column 6; quoted in “Plato”, in Henry Root [pseudonym; William Donaldson], editor, Henry Root’s World of Knowledge...
    Synonyms:
    sympotic

Examples of sympotical in a sentence

  • This suggests that Agathias regarded the epigram as more sympotical than satiric.1995, John A[ugustine] Madden, “Texts and Commentary”, in Macedonius Consul: The Epigrams (Spudasmata; 60), Hildesheim: Georg Olms Verlag...
  • Remnants from one of his collections of satirical and sympotical songs in alphabetical order can be found in the Anthologia Palatina (mostly in bk. 11).2004, Renzo Tosi, “Diogenianus [2] from Heraclea”, in protext Translations B.V., transl., edited by Hubert Cancik, Helmuth Schneider, et...

Synonyms of sympotical

Forms of sympotical

comparativemore sympotical
superlativemost sympotical

Origin of sympotical

From Latin sympoticus or Ancient Greek συμποτικός (sumpotikós) + -al.

Questions about sympotical

What does sympotical mean?
Sympotical means synonym of sympotic.
How do you use sympotical in a sentence?
This suggests that Agathias regarded the epigram as more sympotical than satiric.
What part of speech is sympotical?
Sympotical is an adjective.

Words near sympotical in the dictionary

  1. symposiasts
  2. symposion
  3. symposium
  4. symposiums
  5. sympotic
  6. sympotical
  7. sympotically
  8. symproportionation
  9. symproportionations
  10. Sympson
  11. Sympsons

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