topicaladj.n.

/ˈtɒpɪkəl/

Etymology: Formed as topic adj. and n. + -al suffix¹.

A. adj.

a. Of or pertaining to a place or locality; local.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > [adjective] > relating to a particular place

regional?a1425

local?c1500

topical1588

territorial1606

topic1610

regionary1654

regionic1871

1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies 121 Is it..to be supposed, that the Verticall, Perpendicular, or Topicall stars haue now conspired together to desolate, or oppresse the seuerall regions which they aspect?

1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God ii. xxiii. 96 The Topicall Gods, that is, the local gods of such and such places.

1624 R. Montagu Gagg for New Gospell? iv. 44 Particular, and Topicall Churches haue erred.

1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 473 Rites or Opinions that are but Temporary or Topical.

1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature v. 92 If [the flood] was only topical, affecting some one tract of the globe.

1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 177 Their truth is not topical and transitory, but of universal acceptation.

b. Medicine. That belongs or is applied to a particular part of the body.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > part of body > [adjective]

topical1608

somatic1859

1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 42 First I will speake of such meanes as are topicall, or such as are outwardly applyed.

1655 J. Howell 4th Vol. Familiar Lett. l. 120 This..powder heales at a distance without topicall applications to the place affected.

1733 G. Cheyne Eng. Malady i. vii. 65 Small and Topical Disorders of the nervous Kind.

1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 4 173 The symptoms..may be divided into topical and general.

1871 A. B. Garrod Essentials Materia Medica (new ed.) 157 It [creasote] is..used as a topical styptic in hæmorrhages.

figurative.1672 O. Walker Of Educ. i. ix. 94 In Religion lyes the universal and never failing remedy of all the evils of the Soul. But many times particular and topical ones are also to be applied.

c. topical colour, topical colouring: see quot. 1877.

ΚΠ

1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 234 After printing-on the topical colour, the goods must be dried at a gentle heat.

1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Topical coloring, a term used in calico-printing to indicate that the color or mordant is applied to specific portions of the cloth forming the pattern.

†2. Pertaining to a topic or general maxim; hence, not demonstrative but merely probable.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > [adjective]

sententiala1475

sententious1542

topic1581

apophthegmatical?1589

topical1594

adagial1647

aphoristical1661

gnomonic1706

axiomatical1738

gnomologic1751

aphoristic1753

maximical1779

apophthegmatic1796

aphorismic1798

gnomic1815

aphorismatic1822

axiomatic1835

maximic1854

aphorismical1880

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [adjective]

likelya1400

seemlya1400

probable?a1425

allowablec1443

seeming?c1450

apt1528

topical1594

liking1611

suspicable1651

presumable1655

feasible1656

suspected1706

in the cards1764

on the cards1788

in the dice1844

liable1888

better-than-chance1964

1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits iii. 24 Aristotle..with a purpose of crossing Plato..turned to reuiue the former opinion, and with topical places to make it probable.

1624 W. Bedell Copies Certaine Lett. v. 86 This Argument is..but Topicall and probable.

a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. i. 132 It cannot be expected in an Argument of this nature,..that Evidences of Fact can be no more than topical and probable.

1697 tr. F. Burgersdijck Monitio Logica ii. xv. 65 A Syllogism Dialectical is also..called Topical,..because its Propositions tho' true, are yet Contingent.

1710 J. Norris Treat. Christian Prudence viii. 385 I am now upon the larger and more topical part of my Subject.

a. Of or pertaining to a general heading, a topic or subject of discourse, composition, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > [adjective]

topical1852

thematic1871

1852 D. Masson in N. Brit. Rev. Feb. 299 [Milton] passes, by a very slight topical connexion, into an account of himself, his education, his designs, and his relations to the matter in question.

1879 J. Morley Burke vi. 122 Conversation..was..ever taking new turns, branching into topical surprises.

1890 Nature 2 Jan. 196/2 The writer expects that the topical skeleton furnished by him will be clothed upon by the lessons of the intelligent teacher.

b. Of or pertaining to the topics of the day; containing local or temporary allusions.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [adjective] > of present interest or importance

waif1753

live1850

topical1873

1873 Punch 15 Mar. 111/1 The popular ‘topical’ song which delights music-hall politicians.

1881 Daily News 8 Nov. 5/2 A great many ‘topical’ allusions to events of the hour, and rough political hits.

1899 Month Apr. 410 A review accustomed to bestow articles on topical subjects as they came up.

1905 Westm. Gaz. 18 Jan. 12/1 M. Combes, whose resignation makes him topical, is a man with few recreations.

B. n.

1. = topic n. 4. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > [noun] > a medicine or medicament > external medicine

topic1587

topical1656

1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 98 Apply purgative Topicals.

2. A film dealing with topical events. (Now disused.)

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > type of film > [noun] > other types

romantic comedy1748

epic1785

pre-release1871

foreign film1899

frivol1903

dramedy1905

film loop1906

first run1910

detective film1911

colour film1912

news film1912

topical1912

cinemicrograph1913

scenic1913

sport1913

newsreel1914

serial1914

sex comedy1915

war picture1915

telefilm1919

comic1920

true crime1923

art house1925

quickie1926

turkey1927

two-reeler1928

smellie1929

disaster film1930

musical1930

feelie1931

sticky1934

action comedy1936

quota quickie1936

re-release1936

screwball comedy1937

telemovie1937

pickup1939

video film1939

actioner1940

space opera1941

telepic1944

biopic1947

kinescope1949

TV movie1949

pièce noire1951

pièce rose1951

deepie1953

misterioso1953

film noir1956

policier1956

psychodrama1956

free film1958

prequel1958

co-production1959

glossy1960

sexploiter1960

sci-fier1961

tie-in1962

chanchada1963

romcom1963

wuxia1963

chick flick1964

showreel1964

mockumentary1965

sword-and-sandal1965

schlockbuster1966

mondo1967

peplum1968

thriller1968

whydunit1968

schlocker1969

buddy-buddy movie1972

buddy-buddy film1974

buddy film1974

science-fictioner1974

screwball1974

buddy movie1975

slasher movie1975

swashbuckler1975

filmi1976

triptych1976

autobiopic1977

Britcom1977

kidflick1977

noir1977

bodice-ripper1979

chopsocky1981

date movie1983

kaiju eiga1984

screener1986

neo-noir1987

indie1990

bromance2001

hack-and-slash2002

mumblecore2005

dark fantasy2007

hack-and-slay2007

gorefest2012

kidult-

1912 F. A. Talbot Moving Pictures 123 This point of view is responsible for the apathetic American attitude toward the ‘topical’, as it is called in Great Britain.

1917 C. N. Bennett Guide to Kinematogr. 123 Fourpence or fivepence a foot will be the most a country showman will pay for a local topical.

1923 F. A. Talbot Moving Pictures 180 The topical..has been crushed out of existence by the thousand-foot standardisation of the reel.

1976 Oxf. Compan. Film 500/2 The early ‘topicals’ were very short, often less than a minute long, each dealing with a single event. The regular issue of newsreels in the conventional sense—several short items grouped under no general heading other than topicality—was begun by Pathé in 1908.

Derivatives

topiˈcality n. the quality of being topical (see A. 3b); an instance of this, a topical allusion.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [noun] > modernity

modernity1635

modernness1653

modernism1772

actualité1839

up-to-dateness1891

up-to-datism1893

topicality1904

presentism1916

up-to-the-minuteness1940

the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [noun] > modernity > a topical allusion

topicality1904

1904 Longman's Mag. Nov. 93 The Beck case gives the subject a curious topicality.

1905 Westm. Gaz. 10 June 2/2 Fair actresses recite, and Pantomimes Rattle with Fiscal topicalities.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	topical
释义	topicaladj.n. /ˈtɒpɪkəl/ Etymology: Formed as topic adj. and n. + -al suffix¹. A. adj. 1. a. Of or pertaining to a place or locality; local. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > [adjective] > relating to a particular place regional?a1425 local?c1500 topical1588 territorial1606 topic1610 regionary1654 regionic1871 1588 J. Harvey Discoursiue Probl. conc. Prophesies 121 Is it..to be supposed, that the Verticall, Perpendicular, or Topicall stars haue now conspired together to desolate, or oppresse the seuerall regions which they aspect? 1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God ii. xxiii. 96 The Topicall Gods, that is, the local gods of such and such places. 1624 R. Montagu Gagg for New Gospell? iv. 44 Particular, and Topicall Churches haue erred. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 473 Rites or Opinions that are but Temporary or Topical. 1722 W. Wollaston Relig. of Nature v. 92 If [the flood] was only topical, affecting some one tract of the globe. 1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 177 Their truth is not topical and transitory, but of universal acceptation. b. Medicine. That belongs or is applied to a particular part of the body. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > part of body > [adjective] topical1608 somatic1859 1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 42 First I will speake of such meanes as are topicall, or such as are outwardly applyed. 1655 J. Howell 4th Vol. Familiar Lett. l. 120 This..powder heales at a distance without topicall applications to the place affected. 1733 G. Cheyne Eng. Malady i. vii. 65 Small and Topical Disorders of the nervous Kind. 1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 4 173 The symptoms..may be divided into topical and general. 1871 A. B. Garrod Essentials Materia Medica (new ed.) 157 It [creasote] is..used as a topical styptic in hæmorrhages. figurative.1672 O. Walker Of Educ. i. ix. 94 In Religion lyes the universal and never failing remedy of all the evils of the Soul. But many times particular and topical ones are also to be applied. c. topical colour, topical colouring: see quot. 1877. ΚΠ 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 234 After printing-on the topical colour, the goods must be dried at a gentle heat. 1877 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Topical coloring, a term used in calico-printing to indicate that the color or mordant is applied to specific portions of the cloth forming the pattern. †2. Pertaining to a topic or general maxim; hence, not demonstrative but merely probable. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > [adjective] sententiala1475 sententious1542 topic1581 apophthegmatical?1589 topical1594 adagial1647 aphoristical1661 gnomonic1706 axiomatical1738 gnomologic1751 aphoristic1753 maximical1779 apophthegmatic1796 aphorismic1798 gnomic1815 aphorismatic1822 axiomatic1835 maximic1854 aphorismical1880 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > probability, likelihood > [adjective] likelya1400 seemlya1400 probable?a1425 allowablec1443 seeming?c1450 apt1528 topical1594 liking1611 suspicable1651 presumable1655 feasible1656 suspected1706 in the cards1764 on the cards1788 in the dice1844 liable1888 better-than-chance1964 1594 R. Carew tr. J. Huarte Exam. Mens Wits iii. 24 Aristotle..with a purpose of crossing Plato..turned to reuiue the former opinion, and with topical places to make it probable. 1624 W. Bedell Copies Certaine Lett. v. 86 This Argument is..but Topicall and probable. a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. i. 132 It cannot be expected in an Argument of this nature,..that Evidences of Fact can be no more than topical and probable. 1697 tr. F. Burgersdijck Monitio Logica ii. xv. 65 A Syllogism Dialectical is also..called Topical,..because its Propositions tho' true, are yet Contingent. 1710 J. Norris Treat. Christian Prudence viii. 385 I am now upon the larger and more topical part of my Subject. 3. a. Of or pertaining to a general heading, a topic or subject of discourse, composition, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > [adjective] topical1852 thematic1871 1852 D. Masson in N. Brit. Rev. Feb. 299 [Milton] passes, by a very slight topical connexion, into an account of himself, his education, his designs, and his relations to the matter in question. 1879 J. Morley Burke vi. 122 Conversation..was..ever taking new turns, branching into topical surprises. 1890 Nature 2 Jan. 196/2 The writer expects that the topical skeleton furnished by him will be clothed upon by the lessons of the intelligent teacher. b. Of or pertaining to the topics of the day; containing local or temporary allusions. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [adjective] > of present interest or importance waif1753 live1850 topical1873 1873 Punch 15 Mar. 111/1 The popular ‘topical’ song which delights music-hall politicians. 1881 Daily News 8 Nov. 5/2 A great many ‘topical’ allusions to events of the hour, and rough political hits. 1899 Month Apr. 410 A review accustomed to bestow articles on topical subjects as they came up. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 18 Jan. 12/1 M. Combes, whose resignation makes him topical, is a man with few recreations. B. n. 1. = topic n. 4. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > [noun] > a medicine or medicament > external medicine topic1587 topical1656 1656 J. Smith Compl. Pract. Physick 98 Apply purgative Topicals. 2. A film dealing with topical events. (Now disused.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > type of film > [noun] > other types romantic comedy1748 epic1785 pre-release1871 foreign film1899 frivol1903 dramedy1905 film loop1906 first run1910 detective film1911 colour film1912 news film1912 topical1912 cinemicrograph1913 scenic1913 sport1913 newsreel1914 serial1914 sex comedy1915 war picture1915 telefilm1919 comic1920 true crime1923 art house1925 quickie1926 turkey1927 two-reeler1928 smellie1929 disaster film1930 musical1930 feelie1931 sticky1934 action comedy1936 quota quickie1936 re-release1936 screwball comedy1937 telemovie1937 pickup1939 video film1939 actioner1940 space opera1941 telepic1944 biopic1947 kinescope1949 TV movie1949 pièce noire1951 pièce rose1951 deepie1953 misterioso1953 film noir1956 policier1956 psychodrama1956 free film1958 prequel1958 co-production1959 glossy1960 sexploiter1960 sci-fier1961 tie-in1962 chanchada1963 romcom1963 wuxia1963 chick flick1964 showreel1964 mockumentary1965 sword-and-sandal1965 schlockbuster1966 mondo1967 peplum1968 thriller1968 whydunit1968 schlocker1969 buddy-buddy movie1972 buddy-buddy film1974 buddy film1974 science-fictioner1974 screwball1974 buddy movie1975 slasher movie1975 swashbuckler1975 filmi1976 triptych1976 autobiopic1977 Britcom1977 kidflick1977 noir1977 bodice-ripper1979 chopsocky1981 date movie1983 kaiju eiga1984 screener1986 neo-noir1987 indie1990 bromance2001 hack-and-slash2002 mumblecore2005 dark fantasy2007 hack-and-slay2007 gorefest2012 kidult- 1912 F. A. Talbot Moving Pictures 123 This point of view is responsible for the apathetic American attitude toward the ‘topical’, as it is called in Great Britain. 1917 C. N. Bennett Guide to Kinematogr. 123 Fourpence or fivepence a foot will be the most a country showman will pay for a local topical. 1923 F. A. Talbot Moving Pictures 180 The topical..has been crushed out of existence by the thousand-foot standardisation of the reel. 1976 Oxf. Compan. Film 500/2 The early ‘topicals’ were very short, often less than a minute long, each dealing with a single event. The regular issue of newsreels in the conventional sense—several short items grouped under no general heading other than topicality—was begun by Pathé in 1908. Derivatives topiˈcality n. the quality of being topical (see A. 3b); an instance of this, a topical allusion. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [noun] > modernity modernity1635 modernness1653 modernism1772 actualité1839 up-to-dateness1891 up-to-datism1893 topicality1904 presentism1916 up-to-the-minuteness1940 the world > time > relative time > the present (time) > [noun] > modernity > a topical allusion topicality1904 1904 Longman's Mag. Nov. 93 The Beck case gives the subject a curious topicality. 1905 Westm. Gaz. 10 June 2/2 Fair actresses recite, and Pantomimes Rattle with Fiscal topicalities. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1588
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