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agonistical, a.|ægəˈnɪstɪkəl|
[f. prec. + -al1.]
1. = agonistic 1. ? Obs.
1653Hammond N. Test. (T.) τελειοῦσθαι, in the agonistical notion, we have formerly explained. 1725Blackwall Sacr. Cl. I. 335 (T.) To say nothing of the beautiful metaphors and noble agonistical terms. 1755Johnson, Agonistical, belonging to prize-fighting. [So 1775 Ash.]
2. Rhet. = agonistic 2.
a1652J. Smith Sel. Disc. i. 20 With a struggling, agonistical, and contentious reason. 1840H. Rogers Ess. II. v. 240 Aristotle has happily and aptly called the ‘agonistical’ or ‘wrestling’ style, that style by which a speaker earnestly strives to make a present audience see and feel what he wishes them to see and feel. |