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单词 metallical
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metallicaladj.

Forms: 1500s–1600s metallicall, 1600s metallical.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin metallicus , -al suffix1.
Etymology: < classical Latin metallicus metallic adj. + -al suffix1; compare -ical suffix. Compare earlier metallic adj. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (mĭtæ·likăl) /mɪˈtælɪkəl/.
Obsolete.
= metallic adj.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > [adjective]
metallya1398
metallic?a1425
metalline?c1425
metalish1530
metallical1587
metallar1612
1587 W. Harrison Hist. Descr. Iland Brit. (new ed.) iii. xi. 238/2 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) I Whose mixture would induce a metallicall toughnesse vnto it, whereby it should abide the hammer.
1612 S. Sturtevant Metallica xiii. 91 Peculiar Metallicall instruments, which worke..by pressing, impressioning or moulding.
1650 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica (ed. 2) vi. xii. 285 Whether black tinctures from metallicall bodies be not from vitriolous parts contained in their sulphur.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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