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diploˈmatical, a. (n.)
[f. as prec. + -al1.]
A. adj.
1. = diplomatic a. 1.
1780Von Troil Iceland 296 Its diplomatical descriptions would have afforded no information.
2. = diplomatic a. 3.
1823Byron Juan xiii. xv, It chanced some diplomatical relations Arising out of business, often brought Himself and Juan..Into close contact. 1882–3Schaff Encycl. Relig. Knowl. III. 2096 Paul III..employed him frequently in diplomatical negotiations with Francis I and Chas. V.
B. n. (rare.)
1. A diplomatic person; a diplomatist.
1830Galt Lawrie T. vi. iii. (1849) 262 He proved himself a clever diplomatical.
2. pl. Diplomatic arts or proceedings.
1833Galt in Fraser's Mag. VIII. 654, I had recourse to the usual diplomaticals of womankind. |