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vagabondical

vagabondical adjective: pertaining to or having the characteristics of a vagabond.

Adjective

vagabondical (comparative more vagabondical, superlative most vagabondical)

  1. (obsolete) Pertaining to or having the characteristics of a vagabond.
    • He is free of all the shires in England, but never stays at any place long ; the reason is, his profession is to be idle and vagabondical.1828, John Cumberland, Cumberland's minor theatre
    • Plain Joe Haynes, the learned Doctor Haynes , or the dignified Count Haynes, — for by these several titles he was honourably distinguished, — was the hero of a variety of vagabondical adventures both at home and abroad.1841, Bentley's Miscellany - Volume 7, (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 499

Forms of vagabondical

comparativemore vagabondical
superlativemost vagabondical

Origin of vagabondical

From vagabond + -ical.

Questions about vagabondical

What does vagabondical mean?
Vagabondical means pertaining to or having the characteristics of a vagabond.
What part of speech is vagabondical?
Vagabondical is an adjective.

Words near vagabondical in the dictionary

  1. vag
  2. vag-lewd
  3. vagabond
  4. vagabondage
  5. vagabonded
  6. vagabondical
  7. vagabonding
  8. vagabondise
  9. vagabondised
  10. vagabondises
  11. vagabondish

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