-acalsuffix

Primary stress is attracted to the syllable immediately preceding this suffix and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. prosodiacal adj.

Forms: 1500s–1700s -acall, 1500s– -acal.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: -ac suffix, -al suffix¹.

Etymology: < -ac suffix + -al suffix¹, probably on the model of -ical suffix beside -ic suffix.Found from the 16th cent. onwards, sometimes in formations on nouns in -ac suffix, but from an early date also directly as an adjective-forming suffix on other stems. Compare e.g. harmoniacal adj., elegiacal adj., Syriacal adj., simoniacal adj., Egyptiacal adj., arteriacal adj., zodiacal adj. (Late Middle English cardyacle probably shows a formation in -le suffix rather than an early example of cardiacal adj.)

Forming adjectives, sometimes corresponding to nouns in -ac suffix. N.E.D. (1884) suggested that such adjectives are distinguished semantically from adjectives in -ac suffix, these designating a primary connection, ‘of, of the nature of’, while those in -acal suffix designate a secondary connection, e.g. ‘connected with, associated with’, but this seems not to be true in most instances.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	-acal
释义	-acalsuffix Primary stress is attracted to the syllable immediately preceding this suffix and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. prosodiacal adj. Forms: 1500s–1700s -acall, 1500s– -acal. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: -ac suffix, -al suffix¹. Etymology: < -ac suffix + -al suffix¹, probably on the model of -ical suffix beside -ic suffix.Found from the 16th cent. onwards, sometimes in formations on nouns in -ac suffix, but from an early date also directly as an adjective-forming suffix on other stems. Compare e.g. harmoniacal adj., elegiacal adj., Syriacal adj., simoniacal adj., Egyptiacal adj., arteriacal adj., zodiacal adj. (Late Middle English cardyacle probably shows a formation in -le suffix rather than an early example of cardiacal adj.) Forming adjectives, sometimes corresponding to nouns in -ac suffix. N.E.D. (1884) suggested that such adjectives are distinguished semantically from adjectives in -ac suffix, these designating a primary connection, ‘of, of the nature of’, while those in -acal suffix designate a secondary connection, e.g. ‘connected with, associated with’, but this seems not to be true in most instances. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < suffix
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