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ˌcharacteˈristical, a. and n. arch.
[f. as prec. + -al1.]
A. adj.
†1. Engraved or inscribed with magical emblems.
1621Burton Anat. Mel. iii. iii. iv. ii. (1651) 631 A Characteristicall Seal stamped in the day and hour of Venus.
2. = characteristic a. 1.
a1628F. Greville Wks. i. (1633) 28 Who those characteristicall Ideas conceiues. 1749Chesterfield Lett. II. ccvii. 292 He applied himself to study with his characteristical ardour. 1826Scott Woodst. xvii, That little characteristical touch of vanity in his narrative. 1876W. C. Russell Is he the Man? I. 51 In his oddness a characteristical flavour which a girl would relish.
3. Consisting of characteristic (speeches); in which the speakers speak in character.
1762Kames Elem. Crit. (1763) II. xvi. 156 What is truly the most difficult, is a characteristical dialogue upon any philosophical subject.
B. n. = characteristic n. 1.
1660H. More Myst. Godl. vii. v. 300 The Characteristicals of his Person. 1681tr. Willis' Rem. Med. Wks. Voc., Characteristical, the notes, signs or figures belonging to a character. |