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-ical
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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World English Dictionary
| -ical | |
| —suffix forming adjectives | |
| a variant of -ic : economical; fanatical | |
| [from Latin -icālis] | |
| -ically | |
| —suffix forming adverbs | |
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Word Origin & History
-ical
adj. suffix, mostly the same as -ic but sometimes with specdialized sense (e.g. historic/historical), M.E., from L.L. -icalis, from L. -icus + -alis.
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