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† rhinoˈcerical, a. Obs.
[f. rhinocer-os + -ical; in sense 2 with reference to rhino1.]
1. a. Heavy or unwieldy as a rhinoceros.
1689Muses Farewell to Popery 18 Prodigious Guts, no Brains at all, But very Rhynocerical.
b. Of a nose: Like a rhinoceros' horn; retroussé.
(Cf. quot. 1712 s.v. rhinoceros 1.)
1710Tatler No. 260 ⁋3 These Gentlemen were formerly marked out and distinguished by the little Rhinocerical Nose.
2. slang. Having plenty of ‘the rhino’; rich.
1688Shadwell Sqr. Alsatia i. i, The Ready, the Rhino; thou shalt be rhinocerical, my Lad. 1796Grose's Dict. Vulgar T. (ed. 3), Rhinocerical, rich: the cull is rhinocerical. |